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When is the Hacker News site redesign coming? Things I'd like to see here: - TLRD; article summary for each post - markdown support - image support - user

by asaph 9y ago

When is the Hacker News site redesign coming? Things I'd like to see here: - TLRD; article summary for each post - markdown support - image support - user profile page enhancements: avatars, pretty URLs, more links to user's other sites/profiles, etc. - user karma listed next to username in comments - social logins (1 less password to manage)

joshstrange 9y ago
- TLRD; article summary for each post Who is going to write this? - markdown support Yes this would be nice as the current [0] approach is limiting - image support Please no, if I want to see the image I can click your link (or use a browser plugin to show it to me on hover) - user profile page enhancements: avatars, pretty URLs, more links to user's other sites/profiles, etc. Avatars no, but there rest is fine - user karma listed next to username in comments One of the nice things on HN is username/karma is not in your face, you read the comment BEFORE making a pre-judgement on the user, I quite like this. I like that I don't often notice a username like "tptacek" before I read the post so that I form my own opinion before agreeing (or disagreeing if the case may be) before I've read the comment. Also you can get Chrome plugins to show this for you, I have one that shows me on hover (along with the links in their profile and the ability to follow them [1]) - social logins (1 less password to manage) Ehh, I think they used to allow for openid. Personally nowadays I prefer 1 username/password per site and let 1Password sort it all out for me. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlndihpmbbgmbpjohilcphbfhddd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlnd...
mephitix 9y ago
I actually don't want any of those things, not even markdown support. The site IMO does what it needs to very well and I value the minimalism a lot. Would hate to see it cluttered with extra chrome, images, karma, summaries. And instead of social login try using a password manager.
bonoetmalo 9y ago
Please tell me you meant to add an /s to this
- TremendousJudge 9y ago
  it's obviously satire
  - jwilk 9y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law

by asaph 9y ago

joshstrange 9y ago

- TLRD; article summary for each post Who is going to write this? - markdown support Yes this would be nice as the current [0] approach is limiting - image support Please no, if I want to see the image I can click your link (or use a browser plugin to show it to me on hover) - user profile page enhancements: avatars, pretty URLs, more links to user's other sites/profiles, etc. Avatars no, but there rest is fine - user karma listed next to username in comments One of the nice things on HN is username/karma is not in your face, you read the comment BEFORE making a pre-judgement on the user, I quite like this. I like that I don't often notice a username like "tptacek" before I read the post so that I form my own opinion before agreeing (or disagreeing if the case may be) before I've read the comment. Also you can get Chrome plugins to show this for you, I have one that shows me on hover (along with the links in their profile and the ability to follow them [1]) - social logins (1 less password to manage) Ehh, I think they used to allow for openid. Personally nowadays I prefer 1 username/password per site and let 1Password sort it all out for me. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlndihpmbbgmbpjohilcphbfhddd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlnd...

mephitix 9y ago

I actually don't want any of those things, not even markdown support. The site IMO does what it needs to very well and I value the minimalism a lot. Would hate to see it cluttered with extra chrome, images, karma, summaries. And instead of social login try using a password manager.

bonoetmalo 9y ago

Please tell me you meant to add an /s to this

TremendousJudge 9y ago
it's obviously satire
- jwilk 9y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law