[bbor]

Does anyone know if anything has ever been added since the days when Paul Graham ran this directly? They might be operating on strict orders to keep it the exact same? I know there was some wording changes to the rules a few years back, but I’m talking technical additions of any kind. Any old timers around?

[nathanaldensr]

HN's extremely poor usability, accessibility, and design are topics covered at length for years and years now. The catalog is filled with them. Search hn.algolia.com and you'll see.

They don't care; it's that simple.

[wkat4242]

I think it's perfect actually. I love the high-density interface and I wish more sites would have that.

For dark mode I just use dark reader.

[cholantesh]

Dunno if it's perfect but ironically, the minimalism is really nice compared to reddit's. New Reddit is obnoxious and Old Reddit's various elements eventually collapse on each other and make it an unreadable mess.

[wkat4242]

Well it depends strongly on the person. I'm sure many people would hate Hacker News' layout. But for me it is perfect. In fact I've built some custom CSS to replicate the same for other sites as well.

[marssaxman]

In your search, I'm sure you'll find that in every thread where such a claim is made, many of us reply that HN's design is excellent - a real breath of fresh air, compared to most of the modern web.

[pvg]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41683969

Plus all sorts of other things over the years.

[bbor]

Interesting, thanks! I’m a relative newcomer so I’m walking blind a bit. HN is certainly blazingly fast, I think we can all agree