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The same people who say SO has "a poor UX" are the same people who say that Reddit has "a poor UX". They're conflating gradients, rounded rectangles and text sh
by flyosity 16y ago
The same people who say SO has "a poor UX" are the same people who say that Reddit has "a poor UX". They're conflating gradients, rounded rectangles and text shadows with a user's experience of the site.
- bayareaguy 16y agoNot so. As I commented earlier[1], SO's data/ink ratio sucks compared to YC. 1- http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=305304 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=305304
- codinghorror 16y agothe use case is rather different, though: Hacker News is a list of articles other people have written with discussion and commentary. Stack Overflow is a list of questions from your peers with potential answers. (Also, that's a really old screenshot)
- lukeschlather 16y agoQuite the opposite. I find SO's interface very busy, and wish it was a little simpler, closer to Reddit. Ultimately it's the community that makes it, and the UX is fairly irrelevant.