Re:“12 years ago today, I finished writing Hacker News”
by laichzeit0 on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @09:13AM
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Like when they re-did the Slashdot interface. I remember it was crap and I stopped using it then. That's probably 10 years ago now.
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Re:“12 years ago today, I finished writing Hacker News”
by dd36 on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @10:04AM
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The Reddit redesign has been a turn off.
Re:“12 years ago today, I finished writing Hacker News”
by Bartweiss on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @10:59AM
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It doesn't help that it was rolled out as the default well before simple existing features like "rankings other than 'hot' on user pages" were implemented.
But destroying old CSS and then not displaying sidebar text in the new default view is what's going to have serious consequences. For all the talk about customization and moderator tools, they've made it so that new users won't see sidebars of rules, useful links, or related subs. Talk about undermining engagement and useful contributions...
Re:“12 years ago today, I finished writing Hacker News”
by baud147258 on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @09:53AM
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More recently there's the imgur redesign. But it's still usable at least.
Re:“12 years ago today, I finished writing Hacker News”
by tonyarkles on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @09:37AM
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The giant ad at the top definitely doesn’t help things, especially since it seems to randomly expand and contract as you go about your business...
Re:“12 years ago today, I finished writing Hacker News”
by Bartweiss on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @10:55AM
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The whole pattern of ads that 'scale down' as you scroll is horrid. It's a jarring event, usually doesn't happen smoothly as intended, and it almost always heralds an object that's going to follow you down the page. Nothing except maybe tactful menu bars should follow a user scrolling down a page of static text.