New ‘past’ link on HN front page • Hacker News Board

Re: New ‘past’ link on HN front page

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Post by artursapek » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 10:48 PM UTC

And thus HN became a perfect museum of silicon valley trends, hypes, and deaths.

Re: New ‘past’ link on HN front page

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Post by Waterluvian » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 10:48 PM UTC

I love that HN doesn't change for change's sake. One problem I have with tech orgs is that inevitably their designers will find work to do, necessary or not.

So when things do change, I like that it's very methodical and usually quite minor.

Re: New ‘past’ link on HN front page

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 10:56 PM UTC

open-source-ux wrote: post #38

dang wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like it, except that it's too long.

Some other alternatives: - By Date - Date - Rewind - History (confusing?) - Archive - Old (new | old)

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Re: New ‘past’ link on HN front page

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 10:56 PM UTC

zakki wrote: post #58

dang wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like it, except that it's too long.

What about “Prev”?

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Re: New ‘past’ link on HN front page

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Post by aboutruby » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 10:59 PM UTC

I'm curious what's the reasoning behind adding this link? To me it makes HN much easier to catch up. I see this as the "slow media" movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_media

Re: New ‘past’ link on HN front page

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 11:00 PM UTC

shpx wrote: post #40

sigvef wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess an answer would be to call it "old", given its placement next to "new" (and the fact that it lets you browse old stories).

or "past".

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Re: New ‘past’ link on HN front page

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Post by hanoz » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 11:00 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #3

Not new; just the link at the top is new. The hard part was what to call it. Since the point is to give people more to read, 'more' seemed right. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12073675 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18512028 Edit: Oh, also: "more" fits with the "More" links you see at the bottom of the front page and other places, clicking which takes you back to previous posts. Edit 2: Ok, you guys have…

Surely "top" would be more suitable. Now when I want the second page of "more" I have to ask for more more.

Re: New ‘past’ link on HN front page

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Post by amelius » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 11:04 PM UTC

By the way, I sometimes miss the "parent" link on comments.

Re: New ‘past’ link on HN front page

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Post by ngokevin » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 11:07 PM UTC

hanoz wrote: post #67

dang wrote: post #3

Not new; just the link at the top is new. The hard part was what to call it. Since the point is to give people more to read, 'more' seemed right. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12073675 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18512028 Edit: Oh, also: "more" fits with the "More" links you see at the bottom of the front page and other places, clicking which takes you back to previous posts. Edit 2: Ok, you guys have…

Surely "top" would be more suitable. Now when I want the second page of "more" I have to ask for more more.

Yeah, feels more like a "top". The current homepage is like Reddit's "hot", and the new "more" is like Reddit's "top".

Re: New ‘past’ link on HN front page

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Post by inopinatus » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 11:07 PM UTC

Not essential, but IWBNI date selection respected user timezone. It’s 23/2 here in the Pacific; seeing 21/2 as “yesterday” felt wrong.