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Re: Show HN: Yet another Hacker News client

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Looks nice, is it native? Clickable: https://github.com/Livinglist/Hacki

No, it's not native; it looks like it uses Flutter, which implements its own UI behavior.

IMO, flutter feels even less native than web apps. At least the latter uses system font rendering, supports system-set color palettes (an option in Firefox prefs), supports system preferred keybinds for text editing, system scrollbars, etc.

Re: Show HN: Yet another Hacker News client

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post #11
post #2

Looks nice, is it native? Clickable: https://github.com/Livinglist/Hacki

No, it's not native; it looks like it uses Flutter, which implements its own UI behavior. IMO, flutter feels even less native than web apps. At least the latter uses system font rendering, supports system-set color palettes (an option in Firefox prefs), supports system preferred keybinds for text editing, system scrollbars, etc.

totally understand, another thing I don't like about Flutter is that it cannot use the system's selection menu when you select text in textfield. All it supports is copy/paste...

Re: Show HN: Yet another Hacker News client

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Nice! A few notes: - sometimes i like to go to the link/other times straight to the comments - settings was very hard to find - the top bar padding feels off - i like to click on comment to collapse it, if i don't care about its replies - Back button should work for changing categories - maybe flutter 3?

Re: Show HN: Yet another Hacker News client

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post #13

Nice! A few notes: - sometimes i like to go to the link/other times straight to the comments - settings was very hard to find - the top bar padding feels off - i like to click on comment to collapse it, if i don't care about its replies - Back button should work for changing categories - maybe flutter 3?

hi there! thanks for feedbacks!

Re: Show HN: Yet another Hacker News client

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post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, it's not native; it looks like it uses Flutter, which implements its own UI behavior. IMO, flutter feels even less native than web apps. At least the latter uses system font rendering, supports system-set color palettes (an option in Firefox prefs), supports system preferred keybinds for text editing, system scrollbars, etc.

totally understand, another thing I don't like about Flutter is that it cannot use the system's selection menu when you select text in textfield. All it supports is copy/paste...

That’s not too good

Re: Show HN: Yet another Hacker News client

#19

Nice app. What network client are you using for user authentication, upvote, reply etc.?

hi there, I assume you are talking about library I’m using? I’m using Dio for it.

I've looked up Dio library and it appears to be a general-purpose network client. What I was asking is did you write your own solution to interact Hacker News website for user authentication, upvoting, downvoting etc.? Or are you using a third-party solution that does it for you?
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