While the content is great, this was one of the worst experiences I've ever had trying to navigate and read content. I love the concept, but the UX and the answers to "what do I click on, where do I look" were horribly confusing for this first-time user.
Argh, I know. I think it needs two things: A giant "NEXT" button on every page (especially the first; where do you click?) and then the author composed content needs to be bigger. That tiny box just does not suffice.
A simple "Next" button on the caption popover would have made the UX a million times better. It's painful when UX designers don't grab low-hanging fruit like this.
I would have enjoyed it more if the text boxes containing the annotations were larger than business cards. Honestly, I would have enjoyed it the most if it were a standard long-form article. But even allowing the annotation boxes to be 'maximized' would have been a big improvement.
Yes, scrollbars (or something) are desperately needed there.
Ideally there'd be something like a maximize button or an obvious drawer control that would let you bring the text to full screen (or nearly so). Reading anything more than a sentence or so long in that format is just painful.
I'm interested in reading this article, but simply can't because of the insane nested format. Is this supposed to be an improvement upon a page of text?
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There was recently another post on HN about Machine Learning that was also presented on Wayfarer, the UI for this website is very confusing and many of the posts in that submission were also:
* I don't know how to use this / using this is actively painful
* Is this content sponsored by Wayfarer or just hosted on it?
Not sure what Wayfinder's use case is supposed to be? Also wayfinder.co has no about page or actual content to speak of.
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[ 17.9 ms ] story [ 218 ms ] threadCool concept though, and I'm a sucker for discussions about autonomous cars.
Ideally there'd be something like a maximize button or an obvious drawer control that would let you bring the text to full screen (or nearly so). Reading anything more than a sentence or so long in that format is just painful.
New York's High Line park and San Francisco's parklets are good examples of what can happen when we can repurpose transportation spaces.
Fixed that for you.