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This is a critique I had with the other HN redesign: I don't think making a submission's point score front and center is a good idea. You're making it important
by kyro 15y ago
This is a critique I had with the other HN redesign: I don't think making a submission's point score front and center is a good idea. You're making it important, even more so than the actual story is by placing it on the same line to the left of the story title, and also by increasing its weight.
- nwienert 15y agoI actually agree and I've made updates and updated the code on the article. I'll update the article with the proper screenshot here in a second.
- sandGorgon 15y agoactually i disagree for a different reason - it has less to do with what is important, but more to do with usability. there are two things you can click in a story - the story itself or the comments. i actually like putting the points+comments to the left (302 points...21 comments) and making this part clickable. really helpful especially on a mobile phone.
- drostie 15y agoThe left side is correct for a very particular reason: things on the left can be lined up into nice little columns, where it's easier for your eye to visually ignore them if it doesn't care. I think you might be right, though, about the weight gain of the points. Points should be clearly labeled as points by putting a + sign in front of them. Comments should clearly be labeled with a comment icon, rather than the text -- this was actually something the other design got kinda right, but it put them in an ugly place (on the right, where they add to visual clutter), and it insisted on placing the number inside the comment bubble for no good reason. That leaves the bottom bar to contain something like: ( ▴ | ⚑ | @meteor.com | nim, 3 hours ago ) although I guess if you really want we can keep the upvote button off to the far left.