Thanks for confirming that I’m not crazy. I click on a lot of these version announcements and I always feel like getting to the “what even is this” is surprisingly hard.
4. Can’t edit url in in-app browser, so click to open in safari
5. Click to open url bar
6. Figure out what the home address likely is, mostly by guessing
7. Scan past giant hero to find an actual “about page”, maybe this is obvious maybe it isn’t
8. Actually get info I want
9. Close tab
10. Close safari
11. Open HN app again
12. Read release notes with actual context
If you can’t see how that is an annoyingly laborious process, easily resolved with a simple link in the opening paragraph, maybe logic isn’t for you. Not even being ironic.
Probably because your assertion doesn’t mesh with reality.
You’re pretending that there is some imaginary standard about how websites must work, we’re saying our personal experiences do not match what you’re asserting as a universal truth.
Yeah, this site isn’t bad; the comment I was initially responding to was more a general commentary on a trend that admittedly doesn’t really apply here.
It’d still be nice to get a summary “about” link but at least you can go right home.
Usually clicking the “logo” in the top left or center brings you to the “homepage” or “landing page”, not a blog/forum/help page. Websites have worked like this for decades.
Also, this is an announcement for an update. Not an announcement for a completely new product launch.
It can be surprisingly difficult to move from blog to product page.