1020 sats \ 8 replies \ @juanito 25 Aug 2023 \ on: What are the top reasons someone SHOULD NOT use Stacker News? meta
The UI is ugly and dated, both on mobiles and desktop. If the goal is to stay niche that's fine, if it's growth it must move forward.
A good example is how many popular and great wallets (such as phoenix or sparrow) look great, while maintaining simplicity. Specter on the other hand is a mess (I suspect not only on the interface but the code as well).
The problem that waiting too long for a new UI brings is that many current users will inevitably get too attached to the 'niche' look n feel and fear change, but at what cost?
If the excuse is that "we don't wanna attract idiots like reddit", well the bitcointalk forum is both ugly and has a lot of idiots.
Other than that mad props for all the hard work from everyone and especially k00b, big balls move to ask for genuine criticism.
The UI is ugly and dated
What?
I think SN has the most modern UI ever
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Yea I don't see how it's dated. Ugly is subjective. I don't think it's ugly, either.
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tbf to juanito, it certainly isn't conventionally attractive
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I don't think it's designed to be?
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Nah, but I think that's the point they're making and it's valid. Conventional people want conventional design and most people are conventional.
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I agree. I guess it just depends on the target audience of SN, both now and future, as to whether it necessitates a revamp or not.
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Full blown revamps are usually a bad idea IMO. It's far better to fix what's most visually wrong one at a time.
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That's supposed to be toast ;)