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New ‘past’ link on HN front page

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Re: New ‘past’ link on HN front page

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Post by zeotroph »

Waterluvian wrote: post #62

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.

Methodical or just overly cautious? It took ages to get the `[-]`/collapse tree link, and the other IMO obvious QoL improvement -- a 'parent' link to a) get to the root node of a discussion tree that no longer interests the reader and then to b) use the mentioned '[-]' to collapse it all -- might take even longer.

Re: New ‘past’ link on HN front page

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Post by inopinatus »

sigvef wrote: post #31
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…

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).

I think it’s a perfect opportunity to hackerishly use "car | cdr" or "head | tail"

Re: New ‘past’ link on HN front page

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Post by muterad_murilax »

dang wrote: post #19
scott_s wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On the name question, perhaps: previously. As in when tv shows continuing a story was novel, and they'd do a "Previously, on Buffy..."

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

What about "previous"? Same length as "comments".

Re: New ‘past’ link on HN front page

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Post by chrisfosterelli »

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.

On seeing the title I clicked the "more" button on the bottom of the front page and was confused why it seemed the same.

Re: New ‘past’ link on HN front page

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Post by zapzupnz »

aboutruby wrote: post #39
pmoriarty wrote: post #37

How many people actually look at the front page rather than just use the RSS feed? https://news.ycombinator.com/rss

They are also a lot of Twitter accounts that relay HN posts / comments.

And the /r/HackerNews subreddit for those who are reddit-inclined.

Re: New ‘past’ link on HN front page

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Post by Theodores »

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…

'digest' as in 'Reader's Digest' and what has already been digested.
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