I would personally like news to come to my mail box. That would ease my process to read the news as I'm checking my mail. A little like what techi.com did.
Please tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator
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#982It's probably been suggested a million times but a ctrl+f couldn't find it so I'll it.
Infinite scrolling on the main page. I'm not sure much more needs to be said.
Re: Please tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator
#983Please automatically convert very long unbroken strings into code markdown, thus putting them in a scrolable box.
See this for an example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7837247
View it on mobile (chrome on iOS) to see how unusable that thread is now.
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#984Make this thread strictly ordered by most recent top-level comment.
Re: Please tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator
#985Bold OP's name in comment thread.
When reading comments, I often find myself scrolling back up to check OP's name to see if the comments I'm reading are first hand.
It's a simple one that would drastically improve readability IMO.
Re: Please tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator
#986On the login form could you use just one HTML form on the page rather than two.
Presently LastPass and other password managaers will submit the last form found on the page (the create account one).
Which means users with password managers are constantly hitting the account creation page and then have to go back and attempt to click the login button before the second form is submitted (again).
Re: Please tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator
#987A separate "Show HN" area/link at the top. As it turns out many people would love this separate area, allowing more organization with "Show HN" posts no longer showing up in the "Ask HN" section.
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#988Hello, i see that the Instapaper action disappeared. That's a pity, i used it a lot, i hope you'll bring it back soon. Thanks!
Re: Please tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator
#989Add a profile option to allow people to make their "saved stories" list
public.
Re: Please tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator
#990Give users the ability to filter out posts by their source. Case in point: informationsecuritybuzz.com
We need a spam filter for crap like that.