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Hacker News Redesign
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Re: Hacker News Redesign
#72Looks pretty... unusable and, no offense, not well thought out...
- Items that deserve no attention are bright and draw the eye (e.g. numbers in front of questions, what's the use, so you can refer to them in a chat?) Should be muted at best, perhaps even removed.
- Repetition of the word Points unneeded. Takes up valuable space and adds nothing (note that I've never used that info either in deciding what to view, but some may)
- Upvote button large, I like but does not need an attention-grabbing color (at least not until I hover over it).
- Title is still too small in the new design.
- "Posted by" is redundant and could be removed as well, or replaced by "By"
- "Time since" indication which I use as my 'click-trigger' for repeat visits throughout the day I'd like that to be more prominent than the Posted by, i.e. at the from of the line
- The comment balloons at the end make no sense. Appreciate the larger target, visually intrusive due to positioning Sub-optimal in terms of mouse-movements required. I'd put them at the front as well.
In short: I'd like something resembling this http://i.imgur.com/xKRkY.png
Re: Hacker News Redesign
#73I'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…
I want this: http://i.imgur.com/xKRkY.png
My longer reply got lost somewhere.
Re: Hacker News Redesign
#74I'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…
I kept reading down the page hoping to see the reasoning behind the choices made, but was disappointed to find none. This is why I disagree with the notion that style is only skin-deep. It's an integral part of UX, but only when considered within the framework of UX. The points value is now shaded in 3D: Why? The rank is now an orange circle: How does this help the user? The best visual design is always based on UX.…
> This is why I disagree with the notion that style is only skin-deep.
Semantics, but I think you are agreeing with your parent that there should be something deeper than the gloss applied in this redesign. That design must go more than skin-deep. Arguably the word “style” could refer to paint jobs, so your statement was fairly confusing.
I fully agree with your comments regarding the bizarre amount of visual attention demanded by the rank numbers here and the points’ affordance of clickability (and said as much on a comment there).
Re: Hacker News Redesign
#75Your design is nice but not very mobile device friendly. and theres no point in putting the post position in orange background, its unreadable/invisible.
For iOS devices,u can try hackernode or newsyc. :)
Re: Hacker News Redesign
#76I'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…
I know its a minor point, but perhaps they're mind-boggled by the fact you pay $50,000.... not the fact that you're going to school for design.
The reason it's surprising is both together: that I think it's worth it.
Re: Hacker News Redesign
#77I always use this http://hckrnews.com/ to browse HN.
Quite good!And looks simpler,but nothing of what u need is missed.Tks！ ：）
Re: Hacker News Redesign
#78I always use this http://hckrnews.com/ to browse HN.
Is that site sorted by when articles hit front page? The timestamp thing is a bit unexplained.
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#79I'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…
If you were to redesign HN's home page, what would you recommend?
My recommendation would be: don't!
Its simple and to the point.
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#80Hey, don't let the haters get you down. It may not be everyone's cup of tea, but it shows courage (if not naivete) to muck with a beloved icon.
My advice for anyone has been for years to abolish the word "redesign" from your vocabulary. Seriously. Most redesigns just swap a set of known and familiar problems with unknown problems. Also, as you can see, any dramatic change just pisses people off.
Solve one concrete problem at a time.