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Mobile workflow: 1. Click HN link 2. See announcement, want product details 3. Click on logo… goes to blog homepage 4. Can’t edit url in in-app browser, so

Mobile workflow: 1. Click HN link 2. See announcement, want product details 3. Click on logo… goes to blog homepage 4. Can’t edit url in in-app browser, so click to open in safari 5. Click to open url bar 6. Figure out what the home address likely is, mostly by guessing 7. Scan past giant hero to find an actual “about page”, maybe this is obvious maybe it isn’t 8. Actually get info I want 9. Close tab 10. Close safari 11. Open HN app again 12. Read release notes with actual context If you can’t see how that is an annoyingly laborious process, easily resolved with a simple link in the opening paragraph, maybe logic isn’t for you. Not even being ironic.

bluepod4 3y ago
Did OP update the site or something? Clicking the logo on mobile redirects to the home/landing page as one would expect from a website.
- tsuujin 3y ago
  Yeah, this site isn’t bad; the comment I was initially responding to was more a general commentary on a trend that admittedly doesn’t really apply here. It’d still be nice to get a summary “about” link but at least you can go right home.
  - bluepod4 3y ago
    And you can do that without agreeing with someone who is blatantly lying about how websites work in general
- wodenokoto 3y ago
  We are talking in general. TFA behaves well, but I can understand if some users has learned to simply stop clicking the logo to get to the product page
  - bluepod4 3y ago
    > Clicking the logo in the top left usually leads to a blog or forum or help page That’s not speaking in general. That’s called lying to prove a point.
    - bluepod4 3y ago
      Not sure why I got downvoted. Two people literally denied how websites work in order to prove their points.
      - tsuujin 3y ago
        Probably because your assertion doesn’t mesh with reality. You’re pretending that there is some imaginary standard about how websites must work, we’re saying our personal experiences do not match what you’re asserting as a universal truth.

bluepod4 3y ago

Did OP update the site or something? Clicking the logo on mobile redirects to the home/landing page as one would expect from a website.

tsuujin 3y ago
Yeah, this site isn’t bad; the comment I was initially responding to was more a general commentary on a trend that admittedly doesn’t really apply here. It’d still be nice to get a summary “about” link but at least you can go right home.
- bluepod4 3y ago
  And you can do that without agreeing with someone who is blatantly lying about how websites work in general
wodenokoto 3y ago
We are talking in general. TFA behaves well, but I can understand if some users has learned to simply stop clicking the logo to get to the product page
- bluepod4 3y ago
  > Clicking the logo in the top left usually leads to a blog or forum or help page That’s not speaking in general. That’s called lying to prove a point.
  - bluepod4 3y ago
    Not sure why I got downvoted. Two people literally denied how websites work in order to prove their points.
    - tsuujin 3y ago
      Probably because your assertion doesn’t mesh with reality. You’re pretending that there is some imaginary standard about how websites must work, we’re saying our personal experiences do not match what you’re asserting as a universal truth.