... it was built in the 80's
Seriously this site give such a bad image to crypto and it makes the project looks so cheap. Dan and Ned ( I believe ) have tried to improved some aspect of the design today but it got even worse, really they shouldn't even try to work on the front end, they clearly suck.
It's a shame that the site pays playmates 10k USD per post but can't get a dev to code a new modern UI.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@steve-walschot/dear-steemit-why-do-you-undervalue-your-developers-who-make-this-platform-big-and-usableThe minimalist UI argument is moot, you can have a very clean design that doesn't look like a stone aged website.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@etherdesign/new-website-design-for-steemit This user came up with a pretty good design and is probably more suited than Dan for the job. Dan clearly has no idea what a UI should look like in 2016.
Rant/