Yeah I don't know why they took something that wasn't broken (the reddit envelope system) and made it less useful. It'd also be nice to save pages to view later as Reddit allows one to do. I know the goal was to minimize interface options here, but these are useful interface features that make for less clicking around or using third-party products.

I installed and use the "read it later" extension for firefox solely for the purpose of tagging HN articles to read later.

Alternately I'd also love to see a page which lists all of the stories I've upvoted? That might do the trick for me.