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Whilst I don't want to pick on the OP, this is such an important point. Its all too often that 'design' gets confused for 'eye candy'. This doesn't just happen on websites, but in all design based professions. And this is a bit of a case in point. The HN audience tends to want high-information-density, not necessarily visual joy (or for that matter extra sugar for clarity of new users). Its a very different thing to…
"As is" is still lacking. Reading these comments across almost the entire width of my monitor is not good design. You do get information density, but my belief is that in the case of reading paragraphs, information density is secondary to readability.
Regardless if you like this design or not, I think HackerNews does need some kind of redesign. I can remember when I first started reading there were a lot of things that just weren't intuitive to me. I always wondered why a site for "hackers" and "coders" seemed so basic in features and looked like something from the 90's. Particularly, the login and password reset seems kind of difficult to use. Is there no RSS fee…
Of course there is:
It's at the bottom.
More seriously though, I had no difficulty locating the various features of the site. Theres few enough of them that it's not really a problem.
EDIT: But then, I'm the sort of person who likes the text, tables and boxes 90's style web pages.
Regardless if you like this design or not, I think HackerNews does need some kind of redesign. I can remember when I first started reading there were a lot of things that just weren't intuitive to me. I always wondered why a site for "hackers" and "coders" seemed so basic in features and looked like something from the 90's. Particularly, the login and password reset seems kind of difficult to use. Is there no RSS fee…
The bottom of this page explains the max visits minaway stuff: (http://ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html)
Maybe years of SLRN and Usenet have spoiled me - I love the HN layout.
I would like a Usenet style scorefile.
I'm sorry, but this is a perfect example of the difference between design and eye candy. Often, people wonder why I spend $50,000 a year going to design school, when I can learn how to make things that are just as shiny by reading psdtuts.com. The difference is that style is only skin-deep. It's superficial. It's an added bonus on top of design . Design, on the other hand, is the core of the product: how it functions…
http://textbookcentral.com.au/33/university-of-sydney/list/
(Admittedly the page numbers on the bottom are more for search engine crawlers than people)
Submissions to HN move up and down dynamically - remove the serial numbers and show (302 points..25 comments) which should be CLICKABLE. This will bring front and center the only two things that people judge in deciding to read a submission. Plus it will make it easier to click on a mobile device.
I'm sorry, but this is a perfect example of the difference between design and eye candy. Often, people wonder why I spend $50,000 a year going to design school, when I can learn how to make things that are just as shiny by reading psdtuts.com. The difference is that style is only skin-deep. It's superficial. It's an added bonus on top of design . Design, on the other hand, is the core of the product: how it functions…
Hi SeoxyS, if you have time do you mind critiquing my side project's design on this page? It's a website for students to find buyers and sellers of used textbooks (usually other students). http://textbookcentral.com.au/33/university-of-sydney/list/ (Admittedly the page numbers on the bottom are more for search engine crawlers than people)
Would you be interested in doing a custom theme for http://ribbot.com ?
It's an open source HN clone that lets your create custom themes (much like Tumblr). https://github.com/barmstrong/ribbot