Suggestion to Improve the Hacker News UI

[experimentor]

Make the link to comments section for each article more prominent.

The hyperlinked area for comments ('n comments') is too small. I need to point my mouse with more care than what is required for clicking the link to the article in the upper line.

The comments section is a very important attraction of HN. So why not extend the hyperlinked area to the entire second line? ie, clicking anywhere in :

  '308 points by savemylife 9 hours ago | 237 comments' 

should take us to the comments page of that article.

[colonelxc]

I think what would make a bigger difference would be to make the text taller. If I ever mis-click, it's because I accidentally clicked on the long title above the comments instead.

Your solution also has the side effect of getting rid of the link to the submitter's profile.

[pook]

PG said on many occasions he silently tweaks the backend.

Does he do A/B testing?

[charliepark]

Really, all that's necessary is some padding: td.subtext a { padding: 2px 5px; }