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That reminds of what - I think, not sure - Paul Graham once said, that what is applied to stupidity of the founders is just that they have little time and other

That reminds of what - I think, not sure - Paul Graham once said, that what is applied to stupidity of the founders is just that they have little time and other priorities. Don't remember the exact quote. You are saying that Andy is inconsiderate in every other line. When most likely he had tons of other things to do. You can either make sure all your hover cursors and the spacing between links are consistent. Or you can ship.

optymizer 6y ago
I see all this stylish eye candy on the page (animated transitions, rounded corners, dialogs with dark overlay) that takes time and care to implement, but there was just not enough time to make the text legible before shipping, eh? It's clear that some of these were design choices and have nothing to do with shipping faster. The others are just inconsistencies that go against the general polish that the design aspires to convey.
- lonesword 6y ago
  But it wouldn't hurt to ship and then add these things later right? I do not know about anyone else, but I know that I'm a sucker for pretty things. A pretty website that is "inconsiderate" would have me sign up and leave in frustration, but a meh website that's very considerate wouldn't see me signing up at all.
  - 10x-dev 6y ago
    You signed up for an account on HackerNews - a site that is very legible and with no Apple-inspired eye-candy. Actions speak louder than words, don't they?
    - lonesword 6y ago
      Fair point. However, my girlfriend swore to me that she'll never read hacker news unless they "prettify things up". She eased up and now reads HN regularly (partly because I talk about stuff on HN regularly) - my point is that HN with no eye-candy did almost turn away a potential user. Anecdotal. Also, one may argue that people who like eye candy is not the target crowd for HN (I disagree). Still, if your site is not HN, you might want some eye candy.

optymizer 6y ago

I see all this stylish eye candy on the page (animated transitions, rounded corners, dialogs with dark overlay) that takes time and care to implement, but there was just not enough time to make the text legible before shipping, eh? It's clear that some of these were design choices and have nothing to do with shipping faster. The others are just inconsistencies that go against the general polish that the design aspires to convey.

lonesword 6y ago
But it wouldn't hurt to ship and then add these things later right? I do not know about anyone else, but I know that I'm a sucker for pretty things. A pretty website that is "inconsiderate" would have me sign up and leave in frustration, but a meh website that's very considerate wouldn't see me signing up at all.
- 10x-dev 6y ago
  You signed up for an account on HackerNews - a site that is very legible and with no Apple-inspired eye-candy. Actions speak louder than words, don't they?
  - lonesword 6y ago
    Fair point. However, my girlfriend swore to me that she'll never read hacker news unless they "prettify things up". She eased up and now reads HN regularly (partly because I talk about stuff on HN regularly) - my point is that HN with no eye-candy did almost turn away a potential user. Anecdotal. Also, one may argue that people who like eye candy is not the target crowd for HN (I disagree). Still, if your site is not HN, you might want some eye candy.