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I did not know that. Thanks for the link. I shall go and dust off my LISP. Now, if any fix is written, where is it to be submitted?
I'm not sure... you may have to email pg
> Before I unintentionally start a flame war This statement would be needed if anyone thought HN was an example of good design and usability, I don't think I've ever seen a comment here claim that, it seems everyone acknowledges that HN was built to work (as in, do the very minimum it can to exist) and nothing more. The lack of polish with HN is part of the charm really.
The lack of polish with HN is part of the charm really
What design? It was just thrown together.
One issue... For some strange reason I cannot login through my Android browser but can through Opera. I am sure username and password are correct.
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>The lack of polish with HN is part of the charm really. I do agree with that. However, there's a big difference between polish and usability. The lack of polish may be charming, but usability flaws are anything but charming.
> The lack of polish may be charming I don't think so, personally: the common redirection to pages which don't exist is bothering, and so is the overall slowness of the posting and (especially) edition. Oh, and the completely fucked up comment formatting (or lack thereof) markup.
Hmm, posting on a Saturday is not the best tactical time to get someone at HN to read this post... it'll have disappeared off the front-page long before Monday
It wouldn't have a chance to hit the front page if it were submitted on Monday. Slow news day is exactly the time for submitting this sort of fluff.
I've seen it myself - my post comparing HN traffic to my blog on technical vs fluffy posts actually got further longer than any of the posts it was comparing.
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Because I have an invitation associated with the old account that I needed to RSVP.
While I agree with your post, you definitely need a password manager app.
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> The lack of polish may be charming I don't think so, personally: the common redirection to pages which don't exist is bothering, and so is the overall slowness of the posting and (especially) edition. Oh, and the completely fucked up comment formatting (or lack thereof) markup.
I don't think there's anything to debate there. It's just a matter of personal taste. I find the whole minimalist thing to be very "hacker-esque" (if that's the right way to say that).
Ironically, the linked site is unusable on iPhone. The page width is twice the size of the screen AND it cannot be zoomed out. Lovely stuff, can't wait to read what the author has to say on usability of other's people work.
I came here to say exactly this. The site design is horrible on iPhone. I had to use the Mobile Safari reader to even be able to read the content.
But my post is not about me. It is about an issue in HN which I thought others would be facing too.
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I don't think there's anything to debate there. It's just a matter of personal taste. I find the whole minimalist thing to be very "hacker-esque" (if that's the right way to say that).
I don't think something which does not actually work is hacker-esque. Minimalistic and half-baked are not the same thing, and hn is the latter more than the former.
I'm certainly not saying that half-baked is the same as minimalist, and I'm also not saying I wouldn't make some changes given the chance.