Ask HN: Why were a few rank numbers black on the homepage?

Re:Ask HN: Why were a few rank numbers black on the homepage? by krapp on Saturday December 11, 2021 @07:33PM (#29525772)

Unfortunately, that's a design problem for Hacker News in general - people will be here for years and not notice features that were right in front of them.

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Re:Ask HN: Why were a few rank numbers black on the homepage? by doctor_eval on Saturday December 11, 2021 @07:55PM (#29525976)

Yeah I’ve been a member 2 years and lurker much longer and only last week I worked out what “prev” and “next” do.

That might say more about me than HN tho :)

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Re:Ask HN: Why were a few rank numbers black on the homepage? by lolinder on Saturday December 11, 2021 @08:15PM (#29526099)

I didn't see prev and next buttons until a few weeks ago. It's possible that I was just blind, but I think that they and the "context" button are new.

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Re:Ask HN: Why were a few rank numbers black on the homepage? by vulcan01 on Saturday December 11, 2021 @08:20PM (#29526128)

Yes, root, parent, next, prev, and context are all pretty new.

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Re:Ask HN: Why were a few rank numbers black on the homepage? by notinty on Saturday December 11, 2021 @09:52PM (#29526688)

There really aren't many buttons, we've just stopped seeing.

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Re:Ask HN: Why were a few rank numbers black on the homepage? by krapp on Sunday December 12, 2021 @06:46AM (#29528819)

People have also not noticed the thread folding link after it's been there for a while, or the fact that the site has a footer with links. It's difficult to notice things in a grey-on-grey color scheme.

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