I like this. I wonder if there is a way to have a left nav like this and then a right column for comments.
Unofficial alternative UI of hackernews
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Re: Unofficial alternative UI of hackernews
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#63i must be in the complete minority here, but that is one of the nicest designs and layouts i've ever seen
looks great on chromium full screen
has the designer done any other work? any other samples?
Re: Unofficial alternative UI of hackernews
#64Please add alternate row colors! I find it difficult to read a list of links on plain white background.
I gave this a try. I tend to find alternate row colors pretty jarring, so I made it subtle. I might pull it though, so let me know what you think.
i agree. plain white is much cleaner and simpler to read. alternate colors just add noise.
Re: Unofficial alternative UI of hackernews
#65Overall, I dislike it. On the plus side there are more stories to scroll through and the hover effect is nice. But I don't think that makes up for the font. Plus, when you scroll down there's no way to tell which column is comments and which is points.
What OS/browser are you using? What is your issue with the font? edit : Others seemed to be saying the same thing. I switched to a sans family stack. Let me know if that is better. As for the column thing -- this is something I use every day, so I designed it mostly for repeat usage. I didn't want to pin a header or add extraneous text to make that clear. Use it for a while, and it should become second nature that po…
Sorry for the late reply - the font was more a matter of personal taste. I like the sans much better.
Of course if I used it often enough I'm sure I'd remember which was points and which was comments, but when you make a choice like that you should remember you are forcing the users to learn and remember that. There are going to be users that simply don't like being forced to do that extra mental effort.
Re: Unofficial alternative UI of hackernews
#66I really like your site. I want to completely switch to your site. But..
1. Some stories are Missing: For example, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1787019 ("When Intel’s Hyper Threading goes bad") was posted on Oct 13, 2010. But it is missing your list.
2. How often do you update #Points & #Comments? I mean if I just post a comment or upvote any OLD story on news.combinator.com & then if I browse back to that day on your site. Its not showing the updated values. I guess you are storing the stories but not updating them. What is your criterion for updating the #Points & #Comments?
3. What is your criterion for "top" in top 10, 20, 50%? Its definitely not points.
PS: How are you getting the stories from news.ycombinator.com? Scraping or do they offer some JSON API?