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SN is not the green site. It's all good.

However, /. has a hell of a nice feature - specifically in their mobile view. (Yes, yes I just *did* find something to say nice about mobile.)

It's pretty trivial, but I use it far more often than I expected.

The the green site, specifically in mobile, there's a back and forward arrow. I go back to the newest unread thread, read it, and then click the magic button that takes me to the next article. It's pretty sweet. I am also probably the only one who actually uses that feature.

Who do I have to bribe to get something like that added to the bottom of the page? It's in a floating header on /., but I don't think that'd work here. I am fine without the feature, but it's pretty damned handy. Well, handy to me. I'd not be surprised if I were the only one who used it, at the other site. If implemented, I'm thinking it'd be most suitable (perhaps just plain text links) either in the footer or just above it. However, I'm the last person you might want to ask about aesthetics and design.

I haven't been here in ages. I was reminded of the site by someone who replied to a comment on another site and decided I'd come visit for a bit.

I've looked around and I'm actually kinda impressed. SN has done much better than I expected them to do. The community even seems, more or less, sane *and* intelligent. Well, for some definition of both. ;-)

In all seriousness, it's nice to see and I am gonna try to make it a point to visit more often. Alas, I'm a creature of habit, but I'll make a legitimate effort. I kinda like that the front page doesn't appear to be inundated with politics. Currently, I see one story that is *also* political in nature - but it's also very related to tech.

So, I'll try to visit and see if there's enough content to convince me to subscribe. As it is now the warm part of the year, at least it should be, I'm not sure how much time I can devote to it. But, it's nice to see how well SN has maintained itself and grown. I am pretty impressed.