New is time-sorted so its first page is pretty much only submissions within the last hour. Unless you visit every hour or dig deep, you are stuck with the time

New is time-sorted so its first page is pretty much only submissions within the last hour. Unless you visit every hour or dig deep, you are stuck with the time sensitivity problem. Personally I just don't visit "new" unless desperate. I see it as a deliberate decision to take on the duty of filtering the fire-hose which is not something I'm willing to commit to. I do however want better surfacing of submissions... By giving it some presence on the front-page then I would at least be likely to upvote a submission that catches my eye. When they have already hit the front-page, its generally irrelevant - they have enough votes to not make it worth upvoting. > the greate thing about HN is it's plain interface Yep I agree. I'd only suggest trying it as an addition rather than a replacement for the current front-page. Maybe it could live under "new" as an alternative view e.g. add a pure-text tab-strip of view options on the new page. It would not add much UX complexity except for those that want it.