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HN's extremely poor usability, accessibility, and design are topics covered at length for years and years now. The catalog is filled with them. Search hn.algoli
by nathanaldensr 2y ago
HN's extremely poor usability, accessibility, and design are topics covered at length for years and years now. The catalog is filled with them. Search hn.algolia.com and you'll see.
They don't care; it's that simple.
- wkat4242 2y agoI think it's perfect actually. I love the high-density interface and I wish more sites would have that. For dark mode I just use dark reader.
- cholantesh 2y agoDunno if it's perfect but ironically, the minimalism is really nice compared to reddit's. New Reddit is obnoxious and Old Reddit's various elements eventually collapse on each other and make it an unreadable mess.
- wkat4242 2y agoWell it depends strongly on the person. I'm sure many people would hate Hacker News' layout. But for me it is perfect. In fact I've built some custom CSS to replicate the same for other sites as well.
- marssaxman 2y agoIn your search, I'm sure you'll find that in every thread where such a claim is made, many of us reply that HN's design is excellent - a real breath of fresh air, compared to most of the modern web.