Re:Looking for a co-founder? post here (3 rules apply)
by dkokelley on Sunday February 17, 2008 @01:42AM
(#117416)
Think of it as a filter for non-technical types.
Re:Looking for a co-founder? post here (3 rules apply)
by DaniFong on Sunday February 17, 2008 @09:14PM
(#117897)
Shiny graphics do not a user experience make.
Re:Looking for a co-founder? post here (3 rules apply)
by dcurtis on Monday February 18, 2008 @05:15AM
(#118055)
Of course not. Craigslist has an amazing masterpiece of an interface and uses no icons/pictures at all.
Re:Looking for a co-founder? post here (3 rules apply)
by DaniFong on Monday February 18, 2008 @07:48AM
(#118090)
There seems to be some disagreement over what we mean by 'user interface' and 'user experience'. Those who downmodded you probably thought 'I like using YC news just fine thanks.'
When I hit the little ycn button on my dash, i'm immediately greeted with a list of interesting articles, flanked by comments that are worth reading. That's the most important part of the user experience for us, so here we stay.
Re:Looking for a co-founder? post here (3 rules apply)
by dcurtis on Monday February 18, 2008 @05:53PM
(#118471)
Ah. The content here is great. I'm not denying that YC is awesome.
It just has a sub-par interface. Compared to other sites, it has a terrible UI. It's not very user friendly, and it could be much more so.
Re:Looking for a co-founder? post here (3 rules apply)
by bayareaguy on Sunday February 17, 2008 @01:03AM
(#117397)
Don't sweat the small stuff.
What kind of site calls a feature "noprocrast" without giving any detailed information about what it does? Only news.yc!
--edit
I wonder why I am being modded down. Maybe I said it too sarcastically. News.YC really does have a terrible interface. Look at the account settings page-- imagine yourself as a user who has never been there before. It's confusing and poorly documented. I love this site for the content and the simplicity, but Paul Graham is a programmer and spent very little time on the user experience, which makes sense. I don't blame him.
But it is still a bad interface. I'm pretty sure 99% of people who fill out the "email" field expect their email to somehow be visible to other users. It's right next to another field that IS visible.