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From the HN guidelines[0]: > Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They'
by dan-g 1y ago
From the HN guidelines[0]:
> Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- halosghost 1y agoWhile I fully understand, and try hard to refrain from making such comments, given that the actual point of this article is about stress-relief, but it leverages design patterns which are genuinely awful for accessibility and positive, consistent experiences on the web, it does actually feel topical to me. Put another way, I do not believe this is about a “tangential” annoyance. All the best, -HG
- kbelder 1y agoRight. It's front and center; kind of the most obvious talking point about the article. It arguably generates a much stronger visceral reaction than the actual contents. That's why it's such a bad pattern.