If you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all :) That said; I've been on HN long enough where news sites (some of which I worked at) took this appro

If you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all :) That said; I've been on HN long enough where news sites (some of which I worked at) took this approach on some products where they directly took print-styles and applied them digitally. They were vocally criticized (rightly so) for completely mis-understanding the new digital medium. This is a fun and interesting project - buts its entirely unusable and provides a very poor reading experience. Among many other points, it misses the point that the full-page physical newspaper was entirely scannable in large areas. This is the opposite of that. Kudos to the developer trying something for fun but I hope this isn't a serious approach to reading news.