# The Front Page 16 Hacker News commenters recommended The Front Page and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** People like its newspaper-style Hacker News front page, with summaries that help readers skip low-quality posts. Critics say the text is too small to read comfortably. ## Why people recommend it - Summaries help pick articles (3 comments): "has got me to read many more articles which I would have otherwise skipped over" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48651464)) "I like that I can quickly read a summary of the articles I’m interested in." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48265514)) "It tends to be an excellent way to filter out low quality content, IMO." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49316561)) - Attractive nostalgic newspaper design (2 comments): "It was well laid out, straight to the point, and had design flourishes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47809736)) "it looks wonderful and stirs up warm nostalgia in me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48265892)) ## What people warn about - Small text hard on eyes (4 comments): "The text is really small and impossible to read at regular zoom." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48278342)) "Cool, but body font size is too small for comfortable reading!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48272594)) "Nice, but isn't this format harder on the eyes?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48262296)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Hacker News client for macOS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/native-macos-hacker-news-client.md): 26 recommend - [hcker.news](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hcker-news.md): 18 recommend - [hckrnews.com](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hckrnews-com.md): 18 recommend - [Hacker News, without AI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hacker-news-without-ai.md): 16 recommend - [Harmonic Hacker News app](https://hackerapproved.com/p/harmonic.md): 9 recommend ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "The Front Page", https://hackerapproved.com/p/front-page/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).