5 points | by liquid99 8 hours ago
9 comments
How would you suggest to improve it? In my opinion, for its purpose, UI - and UX - of Hacker News are pretty much close to perfect.
It's my favourite website UI, though I don't think every site needs to be this spartan. Every time I see one of those "Hacker News for xyz" posts, they always have a nice enough site but with huge margins and padding everywhere and miss the mark.
HN is made for a specific audience, the minimal UI supports the idea of dense information without distraction.
I'd like to see the gray body text become a little blacker, but that's about it.
It’s fine. Why fixing something that isn’t broken?
The only requirement from me is to add favourite button to the main page.
The community can make whatever UI it wants, using the API:
https://github.com/HackerNews/API
I wrote one for myself:
https://hn.unlurker.com
Or there are various ways to restyle the main site with a browser script.
What do you believe needs improving and why?
Making that observation is an rite of passage on HN.
How would you suggest to improve it? In my opinion, for its purpose, UI - and UX - of Hacker News are pretty much close to perfect.
It's my favourite website UI, though I don't think every site needs to be this spartan. Every time I see one of those "Hacker News for xyz" posts, they always have a nice enough site but with huge margins and padding everywhere and miss the mark.
HN is made for a specific audience, the minimal UI supports the idea of dense information without distraction.
I'd like to see the gray body text become a little blacker, but that's about it.
It’s fine. Why fixing something that isn’t broken?
The only requirement from me is to add favourite button to the main page.
The community can make whatever UI it wants, using the API:
https://github.com/HackerNews/API
I wrote one for myself:
https://hn.unlurker.com
Or there are various ways to restyle the main site with a browser script.
What do you believe needs improving and why?
Making that observation is an rite of passage on HN.