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I had no idea that's what the black bar was for. It's a nice tribute, but barring any sort of explanation, it's kind of... odd? Somebody died, so we're going to

by jbob2000 10y ago

I had no idea that's what the black bar was for. It's a nice tribute, but barring any sort of explanation, it's kind of... odd? Somebody died, so we're going to have a thin black line at the top of the page? As a UI feature it doesn't bother me, but it's just so disjointed in its meaning. (Also, I just took a look at the hacker news HTML... Table layouts? Spacer gifs? Center tag? Holy crap, this page is from the 90s. It's composed like an HTML email for Outlook Express '98)

falcolas 10y ago
> but barring any sort of explanation, it's kind of... odd? Indeed. A simple 'alt' tag, with a click to the relevant thread, would be a lot more useful than just showing a black bar. > It's composed like an HTML email for Outlook Express And yet it's perfectly functional for users (many even prefer its interface to that of many major news sites). Interesting conundrum, eh?