Why is text of sumissions in low-contrast grey on HN?

Re:Why is text of sumissions in low-contrast grey on HN? by JulianWasTaken on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @08:51AM (#37927870)

Perhaps proving https://xkcd.com/1172/, that would be pretty disruptive to the way I use the hide button, as it's a good way to leave your cursor in the same spot and "dismiss" posts that I don't plan on reading one by one. Adding a confirmation, and therein forcing me to continuously move the mouse there and back, would completely break that.

I agree with it shouldn't be so near to the link though (and with the broader topic that it seems HN prides itself somehow on having bad UX instead of just simplicity -- albeit perhaps because we couldn't all agree what to change and how!).

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Re:Why is text of sumissions in low-contrast grey on HN? by jonahrd on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @08:59AM (#37927982)

I don't know why I'm even surprised, but this is very funny! Of course my "simple" solution has problems as well :)

Maybe something you could opt into though?

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Re:Why is text of sumissions in low-contrast grey on HN? by a1o on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @01:03PM (#37931524)

I wonder if someone wrote a blog post about the cost of adding options vs not for maintenance of some software in the long term.

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Re:Why is text of sumissions in low-contrast grey on HN? by andai on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @09:04AM (#37928060)

Can keep the confirmation link in the same place as the hide link (e.g. make Sure clickable). Then it's just double click.

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