[function_seven]

This design is definitely more pleasing to the eye, but I think I'd rather have less whitespace and more content on the screen at once.

I feel like I'm in the minority on this, but reddit's design is one of my favorites. It's information dense, but still functional.

From TFA:

    and loading posts in an <iframe> gives the opportunity to
    display content while the user waits. A preview of one of
    the trending posts from the sidebar? You bet. Ads while the
    next link loads? Sure thing.

Please, God, no. This would kill reddit for me faster than anything.

EDIT: I just noticed that the thumbnails for articles had a read time estimates. That's a really good idea.

[sconstantinides]

Thanks for the feedback!

Re in-between ads: Just because it can be done, doesn't mean it should be :) Definitely something to A/B test.