We have tried many different announcement boards over the years. And we’ve never been happy with any of them. In the end, we decided to scratch our own itch and build something for ourselves. The absolute key thing was usability, which translates to readability and clarity. After all the app is all about text.
You won’t find fancy graphics here. Unless someone added a fancy avatar that is. It’s all about typography and clean, minimalist design. One could think that such design is simple. Not really. We clearly remember the discussions about the ideal column width and arguments over positioning the “show more” link. They could really get out of control on occasions.