[aviandnuskii]

Like the others have pointed out, the site is less information dense and I don't think it solves a real problem. HN looks "old school" but has good design, I think, because I come here to find a good article to read or browse an interesting comment section and the design helps me do that without getting in the way. Mostly I never even go to the second page.

Also I love HN's slightly yellowish background. It's better than a whole white bg.

[ninepoints]

"good design?" Imagine a world where you can reply to a comment and have the entire thread context, or a world where after posting a comment and hitting "back", the navigation stack didn't take you to the post form. From an accessibility and legibility standpoint, the text is honestly hard to read (insufficient contrast, long line, etc.). There are so many usability issues/quirks about HN that I'm not sure "good design" is an apt description. "Information dense" is honestly a low bar -- it's easy to achieve information density and pretend the end result is actually good.

[1997roylee]

Good to know it.