I prefer looking only at the information that is relevant to the current task. Having everything on one page reduces the time to switch contexts, but increases the effort required to process information in the current context.
Maybe something that made it easy to switch between contexts while preserving information hiding would be preferable. (keyboard shortcuts perhaps)
Good Suggestion. I could create a feature that would hide the news panel when you click on an article link, maybe turn it to a thin orange vertical bar running along the left side? Maybe a toggle preference feature, such as clicking comments above the article expands comments but collapse the article? Definitely things I could work in as user preference choices.
Maybe something that made it easy to switch between contexts while preserving information hiding would be preferable. (keyboard shortcuts perhaps)