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Re: Show HN: Twine – Open source multiplatform RSS app

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Post by its_sasikanth »

smcleod wrote: post #17

Just tried it out and it doesn’t feel quite right on iOS. Almost like the app is just a website loading in a browser. It’s very flat and the UI feels too “thin” (I know that doesn’t really make sense but it’s the best description I of how it feels to me right now). I guess it just doesn’t feel very native - more of a web wrapper?

I used Kotlin and Compose Multiplatform for iOS. So not entirely native app and uses Material components. Not a web wrapper though, well, except for the reader view which uses webview of the platform.

Re: Show HN: Twine – Open source multiplatform RSS app

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Post by its_sasikanth »

sureglymop wrote: post #24

That feels very good! I've messed with Kotlin multiplatform recently and it's interesting. I wonder why there is no desktop version.

It’s entirely possible to create a desktop target with Kotlin and Compose Multiplatform. I do have plan to improve the large screen layout support and do the desktop version. My initial priority is to first work on features.

Re: Show HN: Twine – Open source multiplatform RSS app

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Post by samstave »

thegeekpirate wrote: post #30
samstave wrote: post #4

Just installed on iOS - also, dont forget that almost any subreddit is an RSS with /.rss SO http://old.reddit.com/r/hackernews/.rss works. And yes, it looks great. = I'd like the ability to turn off thumbnails, select smaller thumbnails, and select font size in settings. Would be great to have more control over the view, for some sites/feeds I want large thumbnails, for others I want zero thumbnails. When I click on…

> also, dont forget that almost any subreddit is an RSS with /.rss You can just add .rss to the end, you don't need the slash ;)

Homage to /. OG :-)

Re: Show HN: Twine – Open source multiplatform RSS app

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Post by its_sasikanth »

nntwozz wrote: post #10
tamimio wrote: post #6

Netnewswire works great for me, folders included too

Yeah plus it syncs with iCloud (no third party RSS service required) and has a mac app. Twine looks nice but I feel it comes at the cost of information density compared to NNW.

Oh yeah, Net News Wire is amazing. It’s one of the inspiration for me when working on Twine. A fully featured open source project.

I just wanted to try out the new multiplatform technology and build a app I would want to use

fwiw, I do have plans to support integrations/3rd party services this year.

Re: Show HN: Twine – Open source multiplatform RSS app

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Post by its_sasikanth »

brailsafe wrote: post #18

It looks pretty nice, but would seem a bit cringe to call your own app "Gorgeous" in a Show HN, like calling yourself a 10 on a dating profile, or introducing your kid as beautiful. I'd personally just leave it out and use something like "Open Source RSS app for Android/iOS"

Yeah, I wasn’t sure if I should include that or not. But some users did highlight that before with the app. So went with it, but yeah fair point. Looks like the title is modified already.

Re: Show HN: Twine – Open source multiplatform RSS app

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Post by its_sasikanth »

mytlogos wrote: post #2

The title is a bit misleading, I expected a desktop app or similar, but it is a mobile-only app (android+ios).

I do plan to support desktop environments eventually. But the current plan is to work on features and large screen layout support.

Re: Show HN: Twine – Open source multiplatform RSS app

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Post by its_sasikanth »

dewey wrote: post #8

And like with most multiplatform apps, it doesn't look native at all on iOS. I prefer my current combination of: https://netnewswire.com + https://miniflux.app Both open source too.

I was initially debating whether to use native UI or not. But Compose Multiplatform offered the flexibility to provide UI for multiple platforms, so decided to try that out instead.

Re: Show HN: Twine – Open source multiplatform RSS app

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Post by seabass-labrax »

smcleod wrote: post #17

Just tried it out and it doesn’t feel quite right on iOS. Almost like the app is just a website loading in a browser. It’s very flat and the UI feels too “thin” (I know that doesn’t really make sense but it’s the best description I of how it feels to me right now). I guess it just doesn’t feel very native - more of a web wrapper?

It's indeed not a fully native application except on Android. It uses JetBrain's 'Compose Multiplatform' framework for the Kotlin programming language. Without having written code in it myself, it's difficult for me to work out exactly what its architecture is, but it seems closer to Flutter's approach than a web wrapper. My educated guess is that it renders the application inside an OpenGL/Metal graphics context. On Android, however, it looks like it uses Google's Jetpack Compose components directly.
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