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It is prettier. But it does not mean it provides a better UX. For example, in http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html t
by stared 4y ago
It is prettier. But it does not mean it provides a better UX.
For example, in http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html there is a whole list of essays. No pagination (and especially not with a manual link), working with Ctrl+F.
The redesign forgets about that. It treats as if only the most recent blog posts mattered, which is not the case. It is not a news outlet, and there are quite a few evergreen posts.
Anyway, wishing you all the best with the redesign. :)
- andai 4y agoForm over function strikes again!
- adabyron 4y agoThis is an interesting discussion I would love to listen more to. Pagination (this site) vs a long list of all the titles (Paul's actual site). Which is better user experience? OP seems to suggest pagination for sites where new content is high value & old content is low value. Long list of titles where all content is equal.
- skydhash 4y agoIMO, pagination only makes sense when you want to save bandwidth and computation. Like, if each item has images, that need to be fetched. If there is pagination, I'd prefer the option to choose the number of items in the list.
- stared 4y agoIf it is text-only, I see no reason to do any pagination (except a cargo cult-like habit). In this case, no option is needed.
- 5e92cb50239222b 4y agoUse <img loading="lazy" />. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/img#attr-loading https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/im...
- _ache_ 4y agoI not sure there is much to say. Regular users will be interested in the most recent articles, seems fair to put them first. Curious users will be interested to found an article that they may like. No need to say that a description of an article (and associated metadata) is far better than just the title. And there is a search accessible in 1-click. Seems to me as a fair trade-off for every use case.
- skydhash 4y agoThis is one of the reasons that pushes me towards create a document first with HTML, then style it with CSS. If needs be – interactivity —, add a bit of JS. Space can look good when you're designing on a 27" screen, but on the iPad or the MBA, it is wasteful. Butterick's Practical Typography[0] and Beautiful Racket[1] are currently my standard for websites and a delight to browse. [0]: https://practicaltypography.com/ https://practicaltypography.com/ [1]: https://beautifulracket.com/ https://beautifulracket.com/
- jppope 4y agoI second this. On occasion I'll be inclined to share one of his essays with someone else, so having multiple pages to scroll through is suboptimal because I won't remember exactly what the essay title is. Being able to see them in one place makes it much much easier to figure out which one.
- spoils19 4y agoForm over function strikes again!
- alexjackhughes 4y agoGreat point, I've added a search with a page that lists all the articles for the best of both worlds.
- mrweasel 4y agoOnce you found the article you want to read, you can also just hit the "Reader mode" button in your browser, boom automatic dark mode and readable font size.