[csense]

> Usability sucks

Could you be a little more specific? What actions are difficult to do with the current interface? What specific modifications would make them easier?

I think the design of HN is really tight and focused. My one complaint is that it's difficult to go back and find ancient comments I've made for later citation.

> And it's ugly.

It doesn't load hundreds of images and enormous JavaScript libraries. It doesn't leak memory and cause my system to swap. It doesn't spam obnoxious ads with sound everywhere. This makes it beautiful to me -- almost a nod to what the Web was like in the early days, back when completely unstyled content was still good enough for a lot of sites.

The color scheme doesn't matter to me as long as I can read the text.