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Suggestion: less real estate per topic
It's probably just a personal preference, but I really enjoy that HN or reddit only use two lines per topic, which makes browsing much more efficient. I'd actually prefer one line per topic! Just give me a list of topics and let me decide whether or not I want to bite. ;)
What do you think?
That seems like a good idea! It might be good to have it as a configurable configurable option rather than changing it for everyone, since I'm sure that everyone has a different preference (I know I'm pretty happy with the current topic real estate).
I think given how information dense the topics will be on tildes 3-4 line per is going to be required. Title, metadata (esp once we add more), tags and interaction line is hard to cram into less space without it feeling cramped and hard to read. A compressed view might be possible eventually where we hide tags and metadata behind a fold
[+], but leave the title and interaction line though.p.s. I use compressed views on most sites too, e.g. Gmail, reddit, etc. So I get where you're coming from. ;)
I would be happy with a compressed view with most of the metadata invisible (I would not even need a [+] thingy). Title, site, and submitter would be plenty for me. Even the vote button could (should!) be in the article. I mean, I'm not going to vote before reading it anyway...