[austenallred]

The hard part of redesigning HN is that we're all so used to the current HN. Changing anything major becomes confusing, defeating the purpose of the redesign.

The reason I like this one is because it doesn't break the structure or functionality, but by adjusting the size/prominence of elements it becomes slightly easier to use. I'm not in love with all of it, but it holds true to the core of HN, which is disregarded by most redesigns.

That being said, using HN as it is feels like I'm in a terminal window. Designers would be reluctant to admit this, but the very functional text-heavy interface is very "hacker-like," and I adore the lack of design.

[film42]

I think this is so true. Not to mention that a lot of the hackers on the site loathe sites that require javascript and will often prevent any script from executing, so the login modal might be useless to a large percentage of the HN community. The current HN design is really awesome because it only uses the most primitive of elements. It's as if, like Austen said, there's no design at all.

[Alupis]

personally, I'd love it if they would increase the size of the up and down arrows. I find I have to hover over them for a bit before the tooltip pops up confirming I'm actually over the arrow I intend to click!