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Why does lwn.net look like its straight out of the 90s? Poor ugly duckling... surely there is a designer out there willing to give you some love.
by slowrabbit 10y ago
Why does lwn.net look like its straight out of the 90s? Poor ugly duckling... surely there is a designer out there willing to give you some love.
- Mayzie 10y agoWho cares? It's fine, it does its job, it's clean and it's clear, no garbage.
- geff82 10y agoYou could style it up a bit for sure - on the other hand, that thing loads fast and is readable well. Reading it on a FullHD screen actually shows content instead of "cool" empty space where you have to scroll like a crazy man. There are too many pages in the current mainstream that make the fan of my i7-laptop spin up to the max just look fancy.
- anexprogrammer 10y agoYou mean why does it load instantly, pulling 100K, and not need JS and Disqus for comments? After a makeover it'll want to pull 2M+ for a short piece of text and 5M if there's a few images. Like with HN I prefer speed and simple for a text medium over watching it assemble load on demand JPGs like we're on dialup. :)
- slowrabbit 10y agolol you think pages in the 90s loaded instantly? No, poor design doesn't have to do with loading time. CSS load time is minimal.
- davexunit 10y agoAre you aware of what this site looks like?