On: Ask HN: New attempt at mobile markup – keep or bai...

[joezydeco]

It's an improvement, keep pressing on.

One thing I'd do is find a way to minimize the detail line below the headline. It doesn't need to be as large - it tends to wrap into a second line (at least on my iOS 9.1 iPhone 5s).

The detail line also doesn't need to be as verbose, IMO...

e.g.:

    200 points by foobar 8 hours ago | flag | 192 comments

could be simplified to

    200 pts by foobar 8h ago | flag | 192c

[clamprecht → joezydeco]

Although I would recommend keeping the "192 comments" link at least as large as it currently is. That's probably the 2nd-most tapped-on link (after the link to the source itself), and it's fairly difficult to aim correctly on mobile. Making it even smaller will make it harder to tap.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts%27s_law

[vkjv → clamprecht]

Off-topic, but I really wouldn't be surprised if it was clicked more often than the link to the source.

[wruza → vkjv]

I always go to comments before clicking on the article link. While I'm reading, post can go away from current HN page and it is hard to locate it again.

Ps. iPhone4 is not compatible with new layout at all.

[Daneel_ → clamprecht]

Seconded. The up-vote arrow is also in need of larger scaling, so it's easier to click.

[cooper12 → clamprecht]

Very informative link. Thank you for sharing it. I didn't know HCI was such a huge field.

[joezydeco → clamprecht]

Good point. So let's talk about that upvote arrow next... =)

[sdrothrock → joezydeco]

Or something like this (c is a bit ambiguous for me)

    200 pt, foobar (8h) | flag | 192 cmts

[joezydeco → sdrothrock]

If the clickable area is what counts, how about this?

    +200 by foobar | flag | comment (192 in 8h)

[Natanael_L → joezydeco]

I definitely approve of this version, better visually too