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My big issue with the profile redesign is that the the individual items in your feed (?) aren’t links any more. You can’t Ctrl-click, right-click or scroll whee

by klmr 9y ago

My big issue with the profile redesign is that the the individual items in your feed (?) aren’t links any more. You can’t Ctrl-click, right-click or scroll wheel-click them any more. There’s (as far as I can tell) no way of opening them in a new tab at all^1. Every click will take you away from the profile. Which is a shame: visually I like the redesign. But it’s unusable. I’m honestly a bit in awe at this level of active UX hostility. ^1 … unless you enable the option causing all items to be opened in a new window. Obviously that’s also not what I want.

zeveb 9y ago
boggle Isn't that the way everyone uses Reddit: open up link list, middle-click link, middle-click comments, middle-click link, middle-click comments, repeat ad infinitum, then read, comment, read, comment and so on? Same same with HN.
- slazaro 9y ago
  The problem is that they're making assumptions on how people use the site and then break years and years of conventions that are used on mostly every website.
  - slig 9y ago
    These conventions are there because it's the default, not because most people use them. Here on HN and most of the old reddit users certainly use that, but I doubt that the majority of reddit today (including the team of 20 designers making the new design) care about it "middle click to open in a new tab".
    - JoshMnem 9y ago
      middle-click or ctrl-click: open link in new tab shift-click: open link in new window Overriding the default browser behavior has no benefits.
      - slig 9y ago
        I agree. My point is that they aren't overriding, they're just clueless. Using `onClick` instead of a proper link solves their problem and they don't even see the new one that they just created.
JoshMnem 9y ago
This is a problem with a lot of sites that use too much JavaScript. The new user profiles are unusable.
bschwindHN 9y ago
I simply don't trust people who make links/buttons that can't be opened in a new tab.

by klmr 9y ago

zeveb 9y ago

boggle Isn't that the way everyone uses Reddit: open up link list, middle-click link, middle-click comments, middle-click link, middle-click comments, repeat ad infinitum, then read, comment, read, comment and so on? Same same with HN.

slazaro 9y ago
The problem is that they're making assumptions on how people use the site and then break years and years of conventions that are used on mostly every website.
- slig 9y ago
  These conventions are there because it's the default, not because most people use them. Here on HN and most of the old reddit users certainly use that, but I doubt that the majority of reddit today (including the team of 20 designers making the new design) care about it "middle click to open in a new tab".
  - JoshMnem 9y ago
    middle-click or ctrl-click: open link in new tab shift-click: open link in new window Overriding the default browser behavior has no benefits.
    - slig 9y ago
      I agree. My point is that they aren't overriding, they're just clueless. Using `onClick` instead of a proper link solves their problem and they don't even see the new one that they just created.

JoshMnem 9y ago

This is a problem with a lot of sites that use too much JavaScript. The new user profiles are unusable.

bschwindHN 9y ago

I simply don't trust people who make links/buttons that can't be opened in a new tab.