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by HelloNurse 2550 days ago
First impact: compared to HN it's needlessly colorful (not bad but a little distracting), it's much less compact, and on my slow and filtered network connection there is one apparently permanent spinner overlay per story (stories don't open).

Say no to useless Javascript! Why risk bad user experience?

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It looks like they were heavily inspired by the new Reddit design, which is terrible and slow.
I agree - it looks almost identical. I quite dislike the new Reddit design and always have it disabled.
I'm afraid I have to agree with this. The simplicity of HN is something I really appreciate.
additionally, HN works exactly the same with no javascript. I'm just getting a white page here.
Unfortunately I have to agree. I went straight to the JavaScript-less browser I do most of my text browsing on (and which HN works fine on), and just got a blank page.

I love HN's minimalism.

I disabled umatrix and ublock entirely and it still just loads a white page in firefox. I assume because I'm blocking cookies? Not sure why they're necessary
Had the same impression, and the website was terribly rendered on Firefox focus which is my main browser on mobile. I have a smoother UX with hn.