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Ask HN: Why is the design of hackernews that terrible?
Seriously, why is the design of the hn page that shitty?
I mean, if you open up a page with lots of comments and replies, you can't see the forest for the trees.
And on the other hand, it wouldn't be too difficult to design a page with better UX.
- exolymph 11y agoI have a similar complaint -- I think narrower columns would do a lot to help the reading experience. It is better on mobile, though!
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoWhy artificially restrict my reading area? If you want a smaller reading area, use a narrower browser window. The width is particularly valuable/important because of the tiered comment structure.
- nikobellic 11y agoThat the problem, if you have no nested replies, you need small browser window. But if the next comment has lots of replied, you need to resize the windows, again. Moreover, I may not want to make my browser window smaller because other tabs run fine with my current width.
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoI love the hacker news design. It loads fast even when the internet connection is awful, and since it's pretty much plain text, I am free to resize my text window to the extent of my needs.
- nikobellic 11y agoFair point, but there are very lightweight css frameworks out there that are well suited for mobile.
- DrScump 11y agoWithin the first 30 days, dang will give you a full refund on request.
- krapp 11y agofor one thing, because pg doesn't consider UX to be relevant.[0] This site is meant to appeal to the sort of programmer who is comfortable working in a terminal, after all, so it shouldn't matter to a "good hacker." [0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5025176 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5025176 that said, apparently collapsible comments at least are on the way... eventually[1]. [1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8297695 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8297695