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Re: Show HN: HNBuddy – A fast and elegant HN client for iOS

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Post by dummyvariable »

tsucres wrote: post #31
bleomycin wrote: post #24

Thank you for this it looks promising. Just a couple minor constructive criticism points that are personally keeping me on minihack. 1: I need the ability to swipe back from anywhere on the screen, i’m unable to reach all the way to the left edge most of the time. 2: The ability to up the density of posts/comments on the page. I really like seeing as much content as possible without a ton of dead space and scrolling.

1. What kind of gesture would allow that? 2. That doesn't seem complicated to add! Seeing the feedbacks here really gets me motivated to improve the app, so I'll try to add this in an upcoming version. Thank you!

1 would be how you go back when you are browsing google chrome.

Re: Show HN: HNBuddy – A fast and elegant HN client for iOS

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Post by pmilla1606 »

tsucres wrote: post #37
pmilla1606 wrote: post #30

Does this download/preload all comments? This is one feature I can't find anywhere except for HN Zero[0]. When HN Zero loads the list of stories, it pulls all comment threads down too. That way I can read the comments when I'm in the subway. HN Zero is great but it's a bit dated at this point and lacks some other features that I've learned to live without (no copy/paste from comments, no sharing of links, no iPhone X…

Unfortunately, it doesn't. But I'm adding this on my list of potential new features for next versions!

If that happens consider me a paying customer!

Re: Show HN: HNBuddy – A fast and elegant HN client for iOS

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Post by tsucres »

Watabou wrote: post #29

I've been using MiniHack as my HN app, and while it has its issues (most frustratingly, the popup that notifies me that I've just upvoted/downvoted a comment), it's the most feature rich HN client I've seen yet, so it's a bit hard for me to switch to this just yet. That said, I tried it out and here's my feedback for HNbuddy: - This looks really nice, and loads comments super fast for me! - An iPad version of HNBuddy…

Thank you for your long feedback!

I focused on the "passive" usage of HN for this first version.

I'll add the downvote feature (along with the post/comment submission feature) in the next major update.

Re: Show HN: HNBuddy – A fast and elegant HN client for iOS

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Post by book_mentioned »

tsucres wrote: post #5
book_mentioned wrote: post #3

Any comment on commitment to maintenance? Many HN clients are dead or abandoned; I'll circle back in a year.

I quite enjoyed developing the app and I'm pretty pleased with the result. So I'd love to keep maintaining it, especially if it gets some attention. I also plan to add support for comment and post submissions. I hope I'll have the time to do so in the next few weeks.

Awesome!

Most of the HN apps still work even if abandoned -- it's the UI framework demo websites (HN UX re-skin seems to be right after the TODO app demo) that have all disappeared. Also the audio ones, but there haven't been many of those.

Re: Show HN: HNBuddy – A fast and elegant HN client for iOS

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Post by book_mentioned »

tsucres wrote: post #18
ryandrake wrote: post #12

Nice one. A few feedbacks: 1. Nice touch open sourcing the credential handling code. Obviously there is no way for an end user to actually verify that the code posted is indeed what ships but it adds to your credibility. I wish more apps would extend that small effort! 2. The mobile landing page is better than most “serious business” app mobile landing pages. I would totally hire you to do just that for my apps if my…

1. Btw, I'm counting on/hoping for other devs to review this part of the code and make it more trustworthy. I don't think I can do anything more to guarantee that's the actual shipped code? 2. Thanks a lot 3. Not yet. I'm planning on implementing that in an upcoming version 4. I'm going to look into that! Thank you very much for your feedback!

>I don't think I can do anything more to guarantee that's the actual shipped code?

Not without way too much work (which would never satisfy everyone).

Reproducible Signal builds for Android | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11399893

Re: Show HN: HNBuddy – A fast and elegant HN client for iOS

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Post by drak0n1c »

Watabou wrote: post #29

I've been using MiniHack as my HN app, and while it has its issues (most frustratingly, the popup that notifies me that I've just upvoted/downvoted a comment), it's the most feature rich HN client I've seen yet, so it's a bit hard for me to switch to this just yet. That said, I tried it out and here's my feedback for HNbuddy: - This looks really nice, and loads comments super fast for me! - An iPad version of HNBuddy…

Second on iPad support. Depending on how the project's storyboard is set up it might not be too much effort to support iPad.

Re: Show HN: HNBuddy – A fast and elegant HN client for iOS

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Post by stenl »

pmilla1606 wrote: post #30

Does this download/preload all comments? This is one feature I can't find anywhere except for HN Zero[0]. When HN Zero loads the list of stories, it pulls all comment threads down too. That way I can read the comments when I'm in the subway. HN Zero is great but it's a bit dated at this point and lacks some other features that I've learned to live without (no copy/paste from comments, no sharing of links, no iPhone X…

Why is there no internet in the subway in NYC? I always found that annoying.

Re: Show HN: HNBuddy – A fast and elegant HN client for iOS

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Post by lobster_johnson »

stenl wrote: post #47
pmilla1606 wrote: post #30

Does this download/preload all comments? This is one feature I can't find anywhere except for HN Zero[0]. When HN Zero loads the list of stories, it pulls all comment threads down too. That way I can read the comments when I'm in the subway. HN Zero is great but it's a bit dated at this point and lacks some other features that I've learned to live without (no copy/paste from comments, no sharing of links, no iPhone X…

Why is there no internet in the subway in NYC? I always found that annoying.

Almost all subway stations have cell towers now, which works great, but the reception in the tunnels between stations is non-existent.

Re: Show HN: HNBuddy – A fast and elegant HN client for iOS

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Post by kalyanganjam »

I currently use the web app and phone app from http://hn.premii.com/ I just installed HNBuddy, It's equally good. I'll use it for few days before I decide to switch.

What I will miss from Premii app if/when I switch.

By default, Loads article in Text(pocket/readibility) mode instead of actual web page. 90% of the links I click are articles (save for the Show HN )

Integration with pocket to save articles for offline reading.

Ability to choose Navigation position. I place it at the top so i don't see it when scrolling up and reading stuff down/below

Another feature that's missing on all the apps I tried, Ability to share(to pocket) without actually opening/loading the article. As an example, An article PaulG, I want to instantly share/save without actually loading it in the app.

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