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Ugly UI doesn't mean a bad UX. I always point people towards craigslist and ebay. I can get my news and put in my .02, when compelled to do so. Also, the commu

Ugly UI doesn't mean a bad UX. I always point people towards craigslist and ebay. I can get my news and put in my .02, when compelled to do so. Also, the community is authoritative and inviting. What could you want from a new design that would add value to the community?

echan00 9y ago
I actually don't have any problems with ugly UI. I agree with your sentiment on craigslist, but I think the UX of hackernews can be better. Perhaps more emphasis on the discussion or how it is presented? Or ways to sort/display them? I always have this feeling there is good stuff in the discussion but I have to focus myself to read/takeaway from them. Like I said, maybe it's just me?
chuck32 9y ago
I think Hacker News has perfectly fine UI but horrible UX. Sorry if i got those definitions wrong. I think the colour scheme etc is perfectly fine but the actual functionality of this site is horrendous. - There is no search function anywhere - Go back far enough in the news listings and it just stops. No explanation. https://news.ycombinator.com/news?p=15 https://news.ycombinator.com/news?p=15 - To find the formatting guide for posting comments you have to go through the FAQs?! - Update a comment and you get redirected to the same form with no message. I really don't get why a site who's target audiance is web developers and hackers has such terrible functionality on their site. Is it because we are really meant to be reading our news through a REST interface?
- krapp 9y ago
  > Is it because we are really meant to be reading our news through a REST interface? It would certainly raise the bar for entry if HN just offered an undocumented API and required users to write their own clients for it.
  - chuck32 9y ago
    True, but it would also perpetuate the stereotype of developers and techies as being a closed community of pretentious nerds.
- DanBC 9y ago
  > - There is no search function anywhere The bottom.of most pages has a search box. Most people here will be able.to use DDG or Bing or Google to search the site.
  - chuck32 9y ago
    I stand corrected.

echan00 9y ago

I actually don't have any problems with ugly UI. I agree with your sentiment on craigslist, but I think the UX of hackernews can be better. Perhaps more emphasis on the discussion or how it is presented? Or ways to sort/display them? I always have this feeling there is good stuff in the discussion but I have to focus myself to read/takeaway from them. Like I said, maybe it's just me?

chuck32 9y ago

I think Hacker News has perfectly fine UI but horrible UX. Sorry if i got those definitions wrong. I think the colour scheme etc is perfectly fine but the actual functionality of this site is horrendous. - There is no search function anywhere - Go back far enough in the news listings and it just stops. No explanation. https://news.ycombinator.com/news?p=15 https://news.ycombinator.com/news?p=15 - To find the formatting guide for posting comments you have to go through the FAQs?! - Update a comment and you get redirected to the same form with no message. I really don't get why a site who's target audiance is web developers and hackers has such terrible functionality on their site. Is it because we are really meant to be reading our news through a REST interface?

krapp 9y ago
> Is it because we are really meant to be reading our news through a REST interface? It would certainly raise the bar for entry if HN just offered an undocumented API and required users to write their own clients for it.
- chuck32 9y ago
  True, but it would also perpetuate the stereotype of developers and techies as being a closed community of pretentious nerds.
DanBC 9y ago
> - There is no search function anywhere The bottom.of most pages has a search box. Most people here will be able.to use DDG or Bing or Google to search the site.
- chuck32 9y ago
  I stand corrected.