I find the Y-meter a bit gratuitous and not very readable. For a better solution that works right now, check out HN Colors: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d

I find the Y-meter a bit gratuitous and not very readable. For a better solution that works right now, check out HN Colors: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-colors/adailobllebnhioglgkmaioilhlkdden?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-colors.... I also agree with gamerDude that deemphasizing the comments by putting them on the right is not a good idea. It's funny, despite all its flaws, I don't think I've seen an HN redesign that I like better than HN.