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I'd be hesitant to call it a "mistake." I, for one, like the small comment-number areas because it lets the front page be information-dense. If I did have to pi
by yan 18y ago
I'd be hesitant to call it a "mistake." I, for one, like the small comment-number areas because it lets the front page be information-dense. If I did have to pick a gripe with it, it'd be nice if posts with no comments were visually distinct from those that do have them.
I end up using the single-quote shortcut in Firefox and just type the number of comments in the article. For instance, the first post in the screen shot has 18 comments; typing: '18<enter> is usually enough to get me to that page.
Even if I used the mouse to click, is it really that hard to land it on that link? I never saw it as an issue.
- darkhorse 18y agohave you ever tried to click the tiny comments link from an iphone? it's pretty hard, without zooming in.
- yan 18y agoOk I'll give you that. I've been trying to transition to icombinator.net when browsing HN on my iPhone.
- mechanical_fish 18y agoWhat's even more fun is trying to upmod something without accidentally downmodding it. I've also had the thrill of typing in a comment using the iPhone keyboard and then accidentally tapping "delete". Thank god there's a confirmation page! I usually blow that confirmation page up to gigantic proportions before clicking on the "cancel" button, to prevent further mistakes.
- jay_kyburz 18y agoI agree, I could care less about the comments. Nothing but drivel in here anyhow. I'm here for the articles. :)