CraigsList and Hacker News are incredibly ugly, even though they’re two of the best websites in the world. There’s a lesson in there.pic.twitter.com/3p9d6J5wH9
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I think David is saying they prioritized what mattered most for their product/audience which was not how the sites look. Didn’t waste time, effort, and dollars, or wait to ship until it looked good
I don't know about Craigslist, but I spent a lot of time e.g. figuring out exactly how many pixels apart to space things, picking a gray for the boilerplate that was dark enough to be legible and yet didn't compete too much with the article titles, etc.
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I think for some products those types of details really matter and for others (like Craigslist) they don’t. I realize you’re about 1000x more experienced in this realm than me but I’m speaking as a kid who used Craigslist in college (expert)
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I don't think many people will call Hacker News ugly, it's elegant.
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Am working with a young maker on a new social network and we’re using HN as a design template because it does such a good job encouraging high quality posting, rather than clickbait garbage that drives ad views. Its the kind of site people would actually pay money for.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Why did you decide on 30 posts per page?
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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