Now is the perfect time to launch this, because the other HN reader is having trouble displaying comments. But you need to show us how comments are handled in your app.
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#12it does not display comments. I bought it because i enjoyed the look, but looks like until they get comments, i doubt many will install.
It does have pocket integration though. So in summary, a beautiful UI to read HN articles with pocket integration for read later, but no access to comments
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#13Now is the perfect time to launch this, because the other HN reader is having trouble displaying comments. But you need to show us how comments are handled in your app.
Which one?
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#14For a paid app, the lack of basic core features (i.e. to simply view comments) indicates a lot of work needs to be done. The existing free readers out there are a bit more capable.
I ended up buying it since I'm still looking for a good HN reader out there that does all of: indenting comment threads, gives you the choice of browsing directly to the story without going through comments, and displaying key story information beside the story, such as the number of votes.
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#15I want an app that will save posts/links. And let me comment.
Do any of them do that?
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#16Looks really nice. Please open source it and let the community improve it! I would love to add simple comments :)
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#17£1.49 for a very basic HN reader is a bit premature. I like that it is iOS7 designed though.
A couple of suggestions:
- Comments - Instapaper or similar
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#18Looks nice from what I can see but £1.49 is too much to buy just to try it out (at least for me). The major pain point with the current viewer I use is difficult-to-read comment threads. I can't see any screenshots of comment threads in your app. Are they collapsible? Is the hierarchy clear? Can you post comments yourself in-app? I remember seeing another app at the same price point that did that. Good luck anyway!
Hey there, developer of the app here.
The app doesn't support comments for now, but we're working on implementing it. I wasn't personally expecting this much response, it was meant to be a read-only, simple app but I ended up missing comments in my own personal usage too. Don't worry, they're in the works! :)
Sorry for the confusion! If you don't want to wait, news:yc (http://newsyc.me/) is an awesome app that does comments already!
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#19For a paid app, the lack of basic core features (i.e. to simply view comments) indicates a lot of work needs to be done. The existing free readers out there are a bit more capable. I ended up buying it since I'm still looking for a good HN reader out there that does all of: indenting comment threads, gives you the choice of browsing directly to the story without going through comments, and displaying key story inform…
Hey there, I'm the developer of the app.
Firstly, thanks for buying the app! I wasn't personally expecting this much response, it was meant to be a read-only app, but I personally ended up missing comments as well. I understand your concern. I've good news though : we started the work on implementing comments :)
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#20I can't really figure out the functionality of this, so I'm not going to buy it to try it out. If you can't comment on it, then it's worth checking out http://hn.premii.com/ . It's a web, based app, but if you save it to your home screen it removes the Safari chrome and looks and works as a standalone app. You can look at its source here: https://github.com/premii/hn If you can comment on this, it should be interesti…
Heyo, developer of the app here.
http://hn.premii.com is absolutely mind blowing — it's lightweight, web based and super fast.
The functionality of Hack Later is its speed and deep read later (currently Pocket only) integration. Comments are in the works, too! Also, I'm probably biased but I think it's pretty good looking :)