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>Please don't complain about website formatting, back-button breakage, and similar annoyances. They're too common to be interesting. Exception: when the author
by thrwyoilarticle 5y ago
>Please don't complain about website formatting, back-button breakage, and similar annoyances. They're too common to be interesting. Exception: when the author is present. Then friendly feedback might be helpful.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Regardless, all you need to do is scroll down. It's clearer than HN's trees.
- burnished 5y agoIt's not quite as clear that the rule applies when the subject under discussion is UI/UX right? Because it is interesting when some one who is telling you about their hot line on truth makes a mistake.
- thrwyoilarticle 5y agoIt's not their site, it's not the topic that relates to the title, and it's a discussion that this website has had hundreds of times before, equally as fruitlessly.
- burnished 5y agoSure, not their site, but their choice to publish there regardless? I think it is a valid line of criticism and distinct from the rule you quote, which I understand to be more about stopping off-topic nit-picking.
- cjaybo 5y agoTo me, it seems perfectly relevant to the OP, since the whole point of the thread is to give consideration to the UX. If the thread were about anything else, I'd agree with you.