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Ask HN: Why there is a black bar on top of HN?
I suddenly noticed a black bar on top of HN. What is that?
I Googled and found that "When someone important to the community dies, a thin black bar is added to the top of HN as a mark of respect".
So what happened now?
- osrec 8y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17716098 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17716098
- sidcool 8y agoCan we have a hover over message on the black bar so that people know what's going on?
- anandnair 8y agoThat's a good idea.
- asadlionpk 8y agoThis please.
- rzzzwilson 8y agoClickable? Hard to hover on mobile.
- sidcool 8y agoNot a bad idea. Could be both, clickable and hoverable.
- hguhghuff 8y agoYes please. Wondering this myself.
- anonytrary 8y agoBecause my upvote might not mean enough, I agree, too. 1. Hovering over the black bar shows the title of the corresponding HN post. 2. Clicking the black bar takes you to the comments of the HN post, from which you can easily see discussion and click through to the link.
- krapp 8y agoNo, it's a kind of shibboleth. A good hacker would already know, an adequate hacker would do the research, a poor hacker would need to be told.
- anandnair 8y agoLol. One thing I noticed among "hackers" here is that they don't want things to be easier for them. They hate convenience. They love hustling :D
- gt2 8y agoIt's usually added when some tragedy or loss has happened in the tech community. So if you scan the top stories, you will probably find something related to it.
- gaspoweredcat 8y agobecause of blackhat maybe?
- leed25d 8y agoHas HN been sold to Microsoft?
- dTal 8y agoCtrl-F "has died" on HN front page usually clues you in.