This looks like a bad Apple-fication of HN. The font choices and stylistic motifs are all taken from Apple and applied to HN in a hackneyed way. There's no soul

This looks like a bad Apple-fication of HN. The font choices and stylistic motifs are all taken from Apple and applied to HN in a hackneyed way. There's no soul in the page. HN is very unique and the redesign just strikes me as bland. There's more whitespace but it isn't easier to read. The current HN style lets you scan down the left side of the page and you can see all the relevant information (title, poster, points, time, and # of comments). On that redesign, half of the useful information is put on the other side of the page. Now your eye has to move much more just get the same amount of information. The color palette is washed out, and there's even less text contrast than the current HN page. Sorry for the harsh criticism.