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> HNBetter TopNewShowAskJobs Search Top Stories HN Better - A modern Hacker News client Made with by Arda Kaan Özcan GitHub TwitterOriginal HN Note: I love H

> HNBetter TopNewShowAskJobs Search Top Stories HN Better - A modern Hacker News client Made with by Arda Kaan Özcan GitHub TwitterOriginal HN Note: I love Hacker News, but I think the design could be a bit better. This is my take on it. That's all the text I see ... nothing else ... is it unpopulated at the moment or is it more a case that if the system is not hanging out with the latest updates, tough luck?

fuzzfactor 2y ago
Well it looks like the actual articles and comments are available only to a particular browser or something. I do have to admit, a blank page like this with nothing useful is consistent with a trend to making websites more disfunctional (as in completely disfunctional) than would have been imaginable by professionals in previous decades. I never dreamed average people were going to develop an inability to handle simple text, it used to be such a solved problem.
- anenefan 2y ago
  It's been interesting watching web coders move I'd guess unwittingly into closed environments. The fall back of if no JS then text simple page info has evolved, either none at all or if system not open to big gratuitous scrape of PII then default page reasons, not up to date, location, age, or none at all with page elements loading but suddenly forwarding to more or less empty page once the good scrape? script has finished running. Mind the latter might be more just me due to the fact I blocked a couple of bad api sites - as in they had provided a way too intrusive script, one apple bad, the rest can go too. Yes my web experience might be sucky as a result but I can easily live with that. Eventually once site owners become aware and if they are for instance selling wares or parts, opt to get it fixed for additional accessibility. Within Australia I've noted a few home ware based stores, slowly fix the cheap nasty code to more robust for the fact people here if there's no web site to compare, they most often don't visit the store in person either. Oh I see Rheem Australia have finally got their draw element issue sorted out. Back a few years ago I would point to it as a good obvious example of a closed environment.
  - ardakaan 2y ago
    thanks for comment anenefan. im not coder actually i just use cursor and have fun. but your comment is deep -i think- cheers

fuzzfactor 2y ago

Well it looks like the actual articles and comments are available only to a particular browser or something. I do have to admit, a blank page like this with nothing useful is consistent with a trend to making websites more disfunctional (as in completely disfunctional) than would have been imaginable by professionals in previous decades. I never dreamed average people were going to develop an inability to handle simple text, it used to be such a solved problem.

anenefan 2y ago
It's been interesting watching web coders move I'd guess unwittingly into closed environments. The fall back of if no JS then text simple page info has evolved, either none at all or if system not open to big gratuitous scrape of PII then default page reasons, not up to date, location, age, or none at all with page elements loading but suddenly forwarding to more or less empty page once the good scrape? script has finished running. Mind the latter might be more just me due to the fact I blocked a couple of bad api sites - as in they had provided a way too intrusive script, one apple bad, the rest can go too. Yes my web experience might be sucky as a result but I can easily live with that. Eventually once site owners become aware and if they are for instance selling wares or parts, opt to get it fixed for additional accessibility. Within Australia I've noted a few home ware based stores, slowly fix the cheap nasty code to more robust for the fact people here if there's no web site to compare, they most often don't visit the store in person either. Oh I see Rheem Australia have finally got their draw element issue sorted out. Back a few years ago I would point to it as a good obvious example of a closed environment.
- ardakaan 2y ago
  thanks for comment anenefan. im not coder actually i just use cursor and have fun. but your comment is deep -i think- cheers