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Whatever feature this is for its too subtle to notice. I would have never noticed the difference without you pointing it out.

• lucb1e 5y ago
  A friend said the same. I'm curious how much of that is display contrast or environmental lighting and how much of it is personal (noticing odd details, quick DIY autism test (jk)).
• krapp 5y ago
  Unfortunately, that's a design problem for Hacker News in general - people will be here for years and not notice features that were right in front of them.
  • doctor_eval 5y ago
    Yeah I’ve been a member 2 years and lurker much longer and only last week I worked out what “prev” and “next” do. That might say more about me than HN tho :)
    • lolinder 5y ago
      I didn't see prev and next buttons until a few weeks ago. It's possible that I was just blind, but I think that they and the "context" button are new.
      • vulcan01 5y ago
        Yes, root, parent, next, prev, and context are all pretty new.
  • notinty 5y ago
    There really aren't many buttons, we've just stopped seeing.
    • krapp 5y ago
      People have also not noticed the thread folding link after it's been there for a while, or the fact that the site has a footer with links. It's difficult to notice things in a grey-on-grey color scheme.
• j-bos 5y ago
  One of the coolest things about HN, imho, the content is never overshadowed by the ui/ux.