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kleinbl00  ·  3105 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: PSA: I removed the badge counter in a minimalistic fit.

Now go the rest of the way and ditch the wheel.





raisin  ·  3105 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I actually like the wheel and the colours... Am I the only one?

user-inactivated  ·  3105 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's not bad, but personally I like less "things" when possible. The minimalism of this site is a huge part of its appeal to me, especially when a lot of sites I visit like Autoblog, Youtube, BBC, etc. tend to be more than a bit busy. Hell, this site could be nothing but plaintext and I'd love it even more.

raisin  ·  3105 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I love simple and minimalistic sites. However, the hub wheel is the only way I check for replies to my posts and comments (I don't really use my email that often, it's just easier to open the browser and go to Hubski directly). Taking it away will, IMHO, reduce functionality.

But then again, maybe you're right.

user-inactivated  ·  3105 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm sure if mk gets rid of the wheel, he will find a new way to do notifications.

steve  ·  3103 days ago  ·  link  ·  

me too

steve  ·  3103 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"now go the rest of the way and ditch all of the ports"

-Tim Cook on the latest macbook design

You know I'm just poking the bear for fun (as fellow mac users and apple haters)... but for me - minimalism is great until you start stripping away core functionality. I know you may not use the wheel - but some kind of notification is key for me to use the site.

kleinbl00  ·  3103 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Bear in mind - when I wrote that the only thing I thought it did was count from one to eight.

steve  ·  3103 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I know... that's why I was messing around.

hey - I thought "feed" and clicking on the logo did the same thing...

crafty little bugger that mk...

mk  ·  3105 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Was thinking about it. Just not sure how to do notifications.

insomniasexx

tehstone  ·  3105 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You could color the username instead.

user-inactivated  ·  3105 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ooh, yeah. That's a good idea too.

kleinbl00  ·  3105 days ago  ·  link  ·  

... Now I feel stupid. Didn't know it did notifications. What am I missing?

veen  ·  3105 days ago  ·  link  ·  

He refers to the fact that it lights up orange for unread notifications and teal of you have some non dismissed notifications.

Edit: the small wheel, not the logo, to clarify.

kleinbl00  ·  3105 days ago  ·  link  ·  

ZOMG. I do everything via email so it's never been anything but orange.

Ever.

In like 5 years.

mk  ·  3105 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ha, if you dismiss all it'll probably perceivably free up storage for us.

_refugee_  ·  3105 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh, well shucks.

kleinbl00  ·  3105 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Which would be good, because I hvaen't gotten any email notifications in about 18 hours.

_refugee_  ·  3105 days ago  ·  link  ·  

yeah I emailed MK about it, same here. since like 6 ln

tehstone  ·  3105 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I noticed after about 600 days here and felt very dumb.

I feel less dumb now.

Thanks bl00.

cgod  ·  3105 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You just blew my mind.

You've surprised, educated, delighted and and annoyed me over the years but damn...

_refugee_  ·  3105 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah I almost never go thru notifications using the clicky on the site either - if you get a lot of responses and try to use the clicky to sift through them, it's very easy to lose track, stop early, etc - not see all the responses you have gotten. Email for sure.

Plus if I am fast and spastic enough I get to read responses before smartasses regret and delete them and then people think I am a ninja.

steve  ·  3105 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So interesting. I don't even have email notifications on. I don't think the site even has my address. I use the wheel exclusively.

thenewgreen  ·  3103 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Holy shit. 1,170 days in and realizes there's a place to quickly see your notifications. That's insane. Clearly, we need to communicate that better.

Complexity  ·  3103 days ago  ·  link  ·  

+1

This changes everything.

kleinbl00  ·  3103 days ago  ·  link  ·  

To add: If you send me an email and I respond to it on the site, I'm done. I've completed my experience. I've crossed it off the list.

If Hubski has memory left hanging out because I didn't know that I need to click on the wheel and click "dismiss" in order to make your site run better (hubski), then I think it's safe to say your UI is biting you in the ass.

Especially as - you know what? - I'm tempted to leave that sucker teal just because teal is a less ugly color than grey and since you insist on me staring at a grey meatball whenever you use the site, I'm a gonna take matters into my own hands.

How you like them apples?

user-inactivated  ·  3103 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    To add: If you send me an email and I respond to it on the site, I'm done. I've completed my experience. I've crossed it off the list.

Pls.

Hubski.

PLS.

tehstone  ·  3103 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Since we're talking about the emails here...

I'd love it if the emails had a link to the parent and/or top level of the comment being emailed rather than just allowing for a reply. It really only saves one click but it just feels like those emails don't match with other ui elements on the site.

kleinbl00  ·  3103 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well c'mon. The fact that one can use email and the fact that one does use email should demonstrate TO THE SITE that the reliability of email is of higher value than whether or not the Eye of Sauron is orange, teal or grey.

This is a case of form forcing function. If I've done just fine for three years and only noticed it now, I'm not the problem. It's your feature set.

thenewgreen  ·  3103 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Never said you were the problem. In fact, I was pretty overt in saying we need to communicate the function better. That said, it seems to be a function you wouldn't require. However, someone like steve who says Hubski doesn't even have his email, relies pretty heavily on it. Perhaps it's one of the HUGE laundry list of optional settings.

I do like the idea that if I reply to something it automatically gets removed from my notifications. We should have that.

You might be surprised how functional it is though. You can ignore something for a day, come back and reply. It removes the sense of urgency I get from email. I know that I'll still see the comment. That said, it also makes me more lazy about my replies. Case in point, I owe rezzeJ a reply on a post I made and it's been making me feel terrible that I've not yet. But it requires time and thought. If I didn't have notifications, I probably would have sat down right away and replied.

-End rambling thoughts.

kleinbl00  ·  3103 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I get that. However, the "sense of urgency you get from email" drives most of my being. Email is my prime scheduler. I don't like how when I click on the "you've got comments" button (be it on Hubski or Reddit), it ceases to remind you that you have shit to do.

steve  ·  3105 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Please don't lose the wheel. I'd rather lose my username than the wheel.

cgod  ·  3105 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Something nostalgic about the wheel now.

You could put something more minimalist down and it would be just as good but I'd be sad for a solid minute before I got over it.

Teal is my least favorite color, if that is what color the wheel is, my wife says that I can only see four colors.

user-inactivated  ·  3105 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You could have an orange or teal "!" show up where the wheel is now.