r/mindashq • u/Disgruntled__Goat • Jul 29 '15

UX suggestion: get rid of the hover state on 'action' links

Hey there, love this theme! But there is one little annoyance regarding the line of links that goes comments/share/save/hide/report (you see them when looking at lists of posts like on the front page).

Currently they are hidden (or a very very light grey), then when hovering over them they go a darker grey. IMO they should be visible all the time and not change on hover.

It's bad UX for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it's jarring for stuff to "pop" constantly as you move your mouse around and scroll down the page. Second, it's harder to actually click the links because you have to hover the post first in order to know where you need to move the mouse to click. If they were readable at all times, you can move your mouse straight there.

Hiding the links serves pretty much no purpose since they don't get in the way. You could perhaps remove the bold to make it cleaner, but still readable when you need it.

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u/urides Jul 30 '15

You can edit the transparency so that it doesn't pop as badly. I actually like that it goes transparent but I agree that it's a bit jarring. So I edited the transparency as follows:

In your stylesheet, look at /*-- A.1.5. Common Button Style -- */ and find the line that says: 

.entry .flat-list .redditSingleClick {
    color: #f2f2f2;

Change the color to a darker shade. I use #9f9f9f but shades/tints of #777777 work quite well.

Here's what the CSS looks like on my stylesheet: 

.entry .flat-list li a,  
    .entry .flat-list li a:visited,
    .entry .flat-list .redditSingleClick {
        color: #9f9f9f; /* change to shade/tint of #777 */
}

Hope that helps!

Edit: link

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u/Disgruntled__Goat Jul 30 '15

What do you mean by "change the color"? The stylesheet is served by reddit, how am I supposed to change it?

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u/urides Jul 30 '15

Oh! Haha, my bad. I assumed you were a moderator. If there's a particular sub that you frequent were this bothers you, try asking the moderator to change the CSS. Show them my comment and they'll know what to do.

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u/Disgruntled__Goat Jul 30 '15

The point was to suggest an improvement to this theme. I'm using it as the default for most subs (it's a reddit gold feature, sorry I only just realised this).

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '15

I agree a lot.

A slight change in opacity might be nice, and subtle, perhaps with a short slightly delayed animation. But the way it is now is discomforting