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> I guess one reason to go flat is that almost everything in a web page is now clickable so having it all 3D gets a bit "noisy". that isn't true tho. how many

by ferzul 7y ago

> I guess one reason to go flat is that almost everything in a web page is now clickable so having it all 3D gets a bit "noisy". that isn't true tho. how many things in this hn comment page are clickable? certainly not your comment. and even when they are clickable how can i tell which are part of the same link and which are separate? (e.g. is your name and the date following one link or two? or only part is a link?)

quietbritishjim 7y ago
Even in a comment with no links there are at least 5 clickable elements: * Upvote button (and downvote if you have enough rep) * User name to take you to their profile page * Time, which zooms to the comment * [-] to collapse it (the square brackets here actually seem to be trying to simulate something a bit button-like) * Reply at the bottom Granted these are around the edge of the comment, but five separate buttons is potentially quite a bit of clutter. Also (now I'm digressing a bit...), most don't satisfy the convention from that era that the text on a button should be fixed while all variable "content" goes in edit boxes (and combo boxes etc.). "Reply" satisfies that but the user name, for example doesn't; in the older convention it would be split as User: [ferzul________] [ Show user page ]