If the developers of this website are reading this thread:
1. I’d rather visit this site after a few days or weeks and read the answers since the UX of this site isn’t conducive to reading right now. I hate those pop ups on newer answers and questions that hide a big portion of the screen on mobile. Why would I switch to viewing another answer or question while I’m busy reading one already (considering many answers are a bit long)?
2. The other part of this page I didn’t like is that answers are all expanded by default, which makes getting to the next question and answer cumbersome when the one that’s in view isn’t of interest.
I’ll bookmark this and come back much later after (almost) everyone has asked enough questions and Patrick has had a chance to answer the ones he can or wants to.
Matt from the team here. Great feedback, thank you!
Great point on the notifications; they're fairly small on desktop but likely too large on mobile. We thought of them as a way to show there's new content if you're waiting for something new, but that does make sense.
We'll keep tweaking it. Let me know if anything else sticks out when you come back to read through the AMA later!
Clicking "Reply" does nothing useful for un-authenticated users. There is no text field or login prompt, etc. Literally nothing except route to a dedicated page for the topic. Am I missing something?
Edit:
Clicking "reply" (again) on the dedicated page expands a text box. It's hidden by default. I assumed clicking "reply" the first time would have been useful.
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If the developers of this website are reading this thread:
1. I’d rather visit this site after a few days or weeks and read the answers since the UX of this site isn’t conducive to reading right now. I hate those pop ups on newer answers and questions that hide a big portion of the screen on mobile. Why would I switch to viewing another answer or question while I’m busy reading one already (considering many answers are a bit long)?
2. The other part of this page I didn’t like is that answers are all expanded by default, which makes getting to the next question and answer cumbersome when the one that’s in view isn’t of interest.
I’ll bookmark this and come back much later after (almost) everyone has asked enough questions and Patrick has had a chance to answer the ones he can or wants to.
Matt from the team here. Great feedback, thank you!
Great point on the notifications; they're fairly small on desktop but likely too large on mobile. We thought of them as a way to show there's new content if you're waiting for something new, but that does make sense.
We'll keep tweaking it. Let me know if anything else sticks out when you come back to read through the AMA later!
Hmm, I never get any notifications on news.ycombinator.com on desktop or safari on iOS. Am I reading HN wrong way? :-)
I think they mean notifications on the submitted articles site, not hacker news itself.
Clicking "Reply" does nothing useful for un-authenticated users. There is no text field or login prompt, etc. Literally nothing except route to a dedicated page for the topic. Am I missing something?
Edit:
Clicking "reply" (again) on the dedicated page expands a text box. It's hidden by default. I assumed clicking "reply" the first time would have been useful.