Ask HN: What is thick black row above top of header?
I just noticed HN now has a thick black row right above the header [1].
I don't mean any disrespect to dang or whoever designed it, but is this supposed to be a feature or a bug? :)
According to Internet Archive it was added earlier today; it wasn't there before [2]. Here's the html:
<td bgcolor="#000000">
<img src="s.gif" height="5" width="0">
</td>
[1] 2026-03-11 01:07 https://web.archive.org/web/20260311010735/https://news.ycombinator.com/
[2] 2026-03-10 05:34 https://web.archive.org/web/20260310053447/https://news.ycombinator.com/ It's digital mourning stationery [1] in memory of Tony Hoare [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_stationery
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47324054 Good to see you are un-banned ;) - might have just been that you are a new user. The user who posted this seems banned, but their answer seems correct: jonaslanglotz 2 minutes ago [dead] [–] It's digital mourning stationery [1] in memory of Tony Hoare [2].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_stationery [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47324054 Oh, how insensitive from my part. I didn't realize this was done to memorialize Sir Tony Hoare. Thanks for the answer, and apologies for such a frivolous question. To be honest, I didn't know either, so was glad someone asked. Its used to indicate that someone of importance to the community has died.