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I don't read reddit. But I checked out the design, and I think your website has a couple design mistakes. The arrows should not be above and below each number

by LPTS 18y ago

I don't read reddit. But I checked out the design, and I think your website has a couple design mistakes. The arrows should not be above and below each number. That is horrible. Really. Also, the domain of the link should be right of "submitted by" because there is space and that way, it would be in a consistent space instead of tacked on wherever the headline ends, and would be yield lines of consistent fonts what seem easier to read to me. That's what stands out. Your website seems well thought out (besides those things that seem too clashing to me).

rrwhite 18y ago
Can you expound on what's you find horrible about the points and the arrows. My understanding, and I've been helping the Reddit guys with the redesign, is that people we're getting the idea that the arrows were for moderation and so it made sense to add more of a connection between them and the points. I felt pretty strongly about keeping the domain on the same line as the link (it was originally to be put just where you recommend). From a logical perspective, since it's information about the link and not meta information about the submission (who submitted it and to what 'category') it made sense to keep it on the link line. More importantly I felt that there was a natural tendency to read the link title and then immediately scan the domain as a final check before one clicks on the link. It felt much more natural to have that as one statement [link] [domain] than to involve scanning to another line [link] -scan-> [domain] even if it was consistently placed on that next line.
- LPTS 18y ago
  "Can you expound on what's you find horrible about the points and the arrows." The way they look. Your assessment of the problem is good. You gotta connect the points with the arrows. BUT, the way you does it looks horrible. I don't know how else to say it. FSJ says "It harshes my zen" and that's about the best I can do. Like, in just this one little corner, I'm flashing back to AOL in 1995 or any of a million badly designed games from windows 95. You have a good grasp of your problem, you just need a cleaner looking solution. I actually think having up and down arrows is too much, but I doubt that's the kind of feedback you are looking for. If you keep the domain where it is you should make the fonts clash less. Make that look the same as the other stuff on the line. Then it flows nice. It doesn't flow nice when the font is the same as the metadata but you aren't treating it like metadata (I think). It's obvious you've thought through the redesign. Is nice to see signs of intelligence!

by LPTS 18y ago

rrwhite 18y ago

Can you expound on what's you find horrible about the points and the arrows. My understanding, and I've been helping the Reddit guys with the redesign, is that people we're getting the idea that the arrows were for moderation and so it made sense to add more of a connection between them and the points. I felt pretty strongly about keeping the domain on the same line as the link (it was originally to be put just where you recommend). From a logical perspective, since it's information about the link and not meta information about the submission (who submitted it and to what 'category') it made sense to keep it on the link line. More importantly I felt that there was a natural tendency to read the link title and then immediately scan the domain as a final check before one clicks on the link. It felt much more natural to have that as one statement [link] [domain] than to involve scanning to another line [link] -scan-> [domain] even if it was consistently placed on that next line.

LPTS 18y ago
"Can you expound on what's you find horrible about the points and the arrows." The way they look. Your assessment of the problem is good. You gotta connect the points with the arrows. BUT, the way you does it looks horrible. I don't know how else to say it. FSJ says "It harshes my zen" and that's about the best I can do. Like, in just this one little corner, I'm flashing back to AOL in 1995 or any of a million badly designed games from windows 95. You have a good grasp of your problem, you just need a cleaner looking solution. I actually think having up and down arrows is too much, but I doubt that's the kind of feedback you are looking for. If you keep the domain where it is you should make the fonts clash less. Make that look the same as the other stuff on the line. Then it flows nice. It doesn't flow nice when the font is the same as the metadata but you aren't treating it like metadata (I think). It's obvious you've thought through the redesign. Is nice to see signs of intelligence!