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Re:Show HN: Hacker News Redesign by alttab on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @02:37PM (#8005992)
Why represent the data twice? That's not minimalism. Besides, if you were the OP on an article, you couldn't tell the addition of even say, 5 points without the number itself, making the Y-meter useless. Plus, all data outside 0-400 is completely lost. Something with 401 votes looks exactly the same as 2000 votes.
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Re:Show HN: Hacker News Redesign by nilkn on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @03:45PM (#8006366)
Maybe minimalism isn't the real goal. The data might be represented twice, but functionally the representations are not redundant. The number provides maximum granularity, but the Y meter facilitates instantaneous comparisons of many stories simultaneously.
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Re:Show HN: Hacker News Redesign by Lerc on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @04:57PM (#8006710)
I'm not sold on the design overall but there is nothing in principle wrong with representing data in both a imprecise and precise form. A lot of user interfaces do this. Some have three layers. [#######---] 73% 9441/12890
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Re:Show HN: Hacker News Redesign by brk on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @06:20PM (#8007037)
" Plus, all data outside 0-400 is completely lost. Something with 401 votes looks exactly the same as 2000 votes. "

I'm not sure that's a bad thing.

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