Have more than 10px touch targets for voting. Don't make the ability to see downvoted comments dependent on user's eyesight and monitor. Order elements reasonably for screen readers (e.g. thread title first, actions after it). Add an ability to collapse subthread without having to return to the root comment (for its [-]).
I think HN is peak design. Everything is condensed, there's no wasted space, it's like a good old website from a bygone era. It's just a bit annoying on mobile, but that's it.
Yeah even on my S26 ultra single word comments take up 1/3 of the vertical screen space lol
For a website for tech people it is ironic how awful the hacker news UX and accessibility is…
Have you seen tools that tech people build for other tech people if they don't have a designer at hand? It's actually very on brand.
How would you make it better UX-wise? I can't imagine it being much better. It just gets out of your way.
Have more than 10px touch targets for voting. Don't make the ability to see downvoted comments dependent on user's eyesight and monitor. Order elements reasonably for screen readers (e.g. thread title first, actions after it). Add an ability to collapse subthread without having to return to the root comment (for its [-]).
Or you could just push Ctrl + or Cmd +
I think HN is peak design. Everything is condensed, there's no wasted space, it's like a good old website from a bygone era. It's just a bit annoying on mobile, but that's it.