Ask HN: Do you like the hyper-minimalist blogs posted on this site?

snjy7 · 2022-02-10T12:19:13.000Z

I see a lot of blogs with the same brutalist aesthetics. I liked it at first but now it seems everyone is implementing similiar themes on their sites.Now, I feel they could use some colors. They seem pretty boring.

yuppie_scum 4 years ago |

It’s better than being slammed with images ads popovers and cookie warnings

snjy7 4 years ago | |

I get your point. But, there is a lot of middle ground. Example: This site https://kinduff.com has a good colorscheme while being minimal.

Graffur 4 years ago |

I like websites that load fast, have no popups or misdirections

throwaway889900 4 years ago |

I'm fine with it. I'm not fine with a surprising number of blogs being left-aligned and capped to a width of like 4 pixels on a 27" monitor.

usrbinbash 4 years ago |

Yes I do, and I think it would be good for the web if more websites were designed according to a more minimalist approach:

https://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm

snjy7 4 years ago | |

There are a lot of minimal websites with great content still up.

https://wiby.me/surprise

I use above link while I have free time to find cool websites:)

wmeredith 4 years ago | | |

I find it humorous that the first website this link took me to was this: http://www.softpaw.org/fae2.html

The design is, uh, certainly not minimal.

snjy7 4 years ago | | |

Haha yeah You can never know what you get.

marttt 4 years ago | | |

Wacky Windows Error Messages for me: http://toastytech.com/evil/errwindows.html

"Internet Explorer has exploded in your living room." -- That assiduous Windows hatred of the 1990s, I find it funny in an oddball way in 2022, but does it actually make any sense at all to current 20-somethings?

usrbinbash 4 years ago | | |

I got this little gem:

https://www.allyourbasearebelongtous.com/

:D

krishadi 4 years ago |

I'll take boring. Than to land on a blog, where I need to search for the content.

Minimalist is much better on a mobile device.

duxup 4 years ago |

For a blog I think it works great.

Having said that I don’t think that color is bad or not minimalist.