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Comment by pedalpete | Hacker News Reader

There are a few comments about people liking the minimalist design, but for me, i find it a bit too pedestrian.

Also, on the homepage I get a 'welcome to boardlite', but I have to click on the message to find out what it's about.

Why not have a description on the homepage saying what boardlite is about. Also, why is the 'tracking ID' so prominent? Do you expect that to be something people will use?

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I have purposely kept the design pedestrian and thats what the website name signifies: board "LITE". Ever wondered why people prefer Gmail over Hotmail or Google over Yahoo, or for that matter Facebook over MySpace? Regarding the Welcome message, its just a starter topic. It will roll down when new topics are created. If your topics get lost and you are unable to find them, you can search for the IDs(if you remember of course) in the searchbar.

As a minimalist designer, I like to see the idea put in practice, but your design could be improved upon. Without any differentiation between areas like post, comments, voting, and sidebar. Your design become more difficult to read an navigate. Also, when you're using a fluid design like this, you need to consider what it will look like to users of all screen sizes. Just being fluid and filling a bigger screen doesn't mean it looks good on one. Keep up the good work!

(constructive criticism only, because my compliments won't make it a better website).

Hey thanks. I had initially tried on 960 grid. But somehow couldn't fit in the sidebar in the whole design. So thought of making it widescreen. But yes I'll definitely look into the use case again.

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