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It's a very impressive growth spurt, though I wish they could scale the site accordingly. They've done well considering the massive amount of traffic and the c
by david_shaw 16y ago
It's a very impressive growth spurt, though I wish they could scale the site accordingly.
They've done well considering the massive amount of traffic and the complex way they are constantly adding comments, but the site is slow as sin and, honestly, quite unpleasant to browse sometimes.
I don't want to be reminded of refreshing a page on dial-up.
- redthrowaway 16y agoThey're working on it. They still only have 4 engineers (!), plus a trainee. They've hired/are hiring a couple more, so maybe that will work. Unfortunately, by selling to Conde Nast, they've ceded control on things like hiring. Every time they want to hire somebody, they have to beg to CN for permission. If it was VC funded, they'd have 40+ employees by now, and the site would look/work good. Unfortunately, CN just doesn't know what they have. Also, never mind the headline; Mashable pretty much lives off of Digg referals, so this is just linkbait.
- chris11 16y agoWhat's wrong with the design? I love the minimalist feel. I think Reddit's and HN's design works great for news aggregators.
- redthrowaway 16y agoI agree that it's functional, but it's not hugely intuitive, which is why most people who've only ever glanced at reddit complain about its design. Vim has a great design with fantastic UI if you're an expert with it, but it's confusing as all hell for people who've never used it. Similarly, I think reddit (and HN, for that matter) could probably make more effective use of their space and lay things out in a way that's more intuitive. That's not to say I want them to be digg, or one of the many over designed CSS nightmares out there, but it's be nice if they had a UX expert really sit down and hack away at it. I'd settle for it loading, however. That'd be nice.