Besides the fact that GW’s front page is a list of posts and LW2′s isn’t (where I strongly prefer the GW way), I think the main difference is that LW2 is for click-happy people while GW is for tab-happy people. I’m the latter kind, and I guess Said is as well. We like cmd-clickable links and instant page loads, we don’t care about snappy page updates after load, and we hate loaders/expanders/spinners.
Do you have a tab-happy alternate self who would open twenty HN threads and then slowly read them? Maybe you could just ask it :-)
That seems like a reasonable preference. Is there any link on the page that is not cmd-clickable in a way that has been bothering you? Have you noticed any extensive loading times when opening new pages? (In many cases those are quite fixable)
I agree that the general philosophy of the page is designed for single-page browsing instead of tab-explosions, so I expect some natural divergence in preferences, which seems fine and is one of the reasons why I am happy to have alternative platforms like GW. But I am still in favor of making the page marginally better to use for everyone.
I am also curious what aspects of the site/what features they would most like to see on the main site. Or what aspects of GW they prefer over LW2.
Besides the fact that GW’s front page is a list of posts and LW2′s isn’t (where I strongly prefer the GW way), I think the main difference is that LW2 is for click-happy people while GW is for tab-happy people. I’m the latter kind, and I guess Said is as well. We like cmd-clickable links and instant page loads, we don’t care about snappy page updates after load, and we hate loaders/expanders/spinners.
Do you have a tab-happy alternate self who would open twenty HN threads and then slowly read them? Maybe you could just ask it :-)
That seems like a reasonable preference. Is there any link on the page that is not cmd-clickable in a way that has been bothering you? Have you noticed any extensive loading times when opening new pages? (In many cases those are quite fixable)
I agree that the general philosophy of the page is designed for single-page browsing instead of tab-explosions, so I expect some natural divergence in preferences, which seems fine and is one of the reasons why I am happy to have alternative platforms like GW. But I am still in favor of making the page marginally better to use for everyone.
This is indeed an accurate description of my preferences :)