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I'm sure it's been said before, but I don't see why there's this obsession with fixing what isn't broken. Seems like change for the sake of change. The current

I'm sure it's been said before, but I don't see why there's this obsession with fixing what isn't broken. Seems like change for the sake of change. The current layout puts the most important element ahead of all else: the headline, the link title, or whatever you want to call it. Everything else is secondary. I don't particularly care who submitted it, what the amount of comments are, or the ranking, until AFTER I've read the article/page. If it's good content, upvote it. Isn't that the point? I have liked some of the styling/design ideas people have come up with, but every one, as many have pointed out, just breaks things up in a way that makes it more difficult to digest what's being presented to me.

polyfractal 15y ago
To be fair, HN is a usability disaster. Grey text on all "Ask HN" posts? Grey text on comment headers? Horrible wall of text on the frontpage? The fact that the New page shows too few posts and everything scrolls off so fast? Hell, I literally browsed HN for my first month without realizing that there was a "Front Page". Yes, I only read the "Ask HN"/new/comments sections because that's all I thought there was. I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but HN is no epitome of design intelligence either.
nwienert 15y ago
As per your critique, the updated version of this still keeps every priority. All it does is add some much needed spacing, fix some alignment for easier browsing, and simplify the coloring.