As someone from the "minimalist prefered" guys, im just curious - what articles sparked your interested through this layout and why would you have skipped them on the normal layout?
(inb4 i think the herald is a very well done thing i just cant think of a reason why an article there is more interresting than on the normal layout)
From today: "Portland Airport Grows With Expansive Mass Timber Roof Canopy" is a good example. I wouldn't have opened this story on Hacker News, but the image displayed on Hacker Herald had me open it.
sorry for my late response. Thanks for giving me this example. I can kinda see why you would not click it in first place.
As for me - i have very limited time i spend on reading articles listed on hackernews so i always have to condense it down to those im very interested in.
That is an extremely impressive roof, and I agree that the title isnt grabbing. I too clicked on the picture but had previously skipped the article on HN.
(inb4 i think the herald is a very well done thing i just cant think of a reason why an article there is more interresting than on the normal layout)