The very first thing I tried to do was click on the words "comments" and "points" to sort the entries by that column.
Placing those columns on the left-hand side gives them the highest importance. Is that the intention of this UI?
Placing those columns on the left-hand side gives them the highest importance. Is that the intention of this UI?
As for the UI design -- I wanted a simple list of stories that I could scan, plus I wanted to be able to see the points and number of comments associated with that story. While I understand your point about highest importance, if I had placed the numbers on the right the ragged right nature of the text would make it hard to scan.