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Re: Show HN: Yack – Community Browser for Hacker News, Reddit, YouTube and More

#41
post #14

Really like the concept--I think you're on to something in creating a unified UI for all these similar services. But..getting into the beta was a giant PITA. 1. Enter email 2. Check email 3. Download client 4. Go back to email, copy code 5. Paste code 6. Go back to email, click sign in link 7. Browser asks if it's ok to open Yack 8. Create profile in Yack (at this point I bounced) Honestly, just let me download the b…

also, will update the landing page with the download link.

Re: Show HN: Yack – Community Browser for Hacker News, Reddit, YouTube and More

#42
This is really promising and I'm fully set up and using it.

One question I have for the author is about keyboard access - there seem to be no keyboard shortcuts at all right now, or even basic navigation (up/down, etc.)

Is there any timeline on those sorts of things being available (or possible to add with a plugin)? Once those are in place it'll be far more practical for me to use Yack day-to-day...

Re: Show HN: Yack – Community Browser for Hacker News, Reddit, YouTube and More

#43

Actually, I was just thinking of something like this. In particular, I'd like to be able to keep tabs on a group of YouTube creators, without being dependent on the whims and machinations of what the YouTube team wants to promote. There are also certain creators who post to both YouTube and BitChute, but prefer BitChute, and I'd like to have a browser that will show me the BitChute version preferentially, without my…

what's BitChute? Never heard of it.

Re: Show HN: Yack – Community Browser for Hacker News, Reddit, YouTube and More

#45
post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Focusing on macOS version and building more plugins at the moment, thinking about Stackoverflow and StackExchange next, but also open to suggestions. Let me know what you think :) Linux and Windows support will be added with the final release.

Will be waiting for Linux :D PS: you mention Windows in the landing page, but not Linux.

will update the landing page now.

Re: Show HN: Yack – Community Browser for Hacker News, Reddit, YouTube and More

#46
post #42

This is really promising and I'm fully set up and using it. One question I have for the author is about keyboard access - there seem to be no keyboard shortcuts at all right now, or even basic navigation (up/down, etc.) Is there any timeline on those sorts of things being available (or possible to add with a plugin)? Once those are in place it'll be far more practical for me to use Yack day-to-day...

thanks for the feedback. Yes, keyboard shortcuts will be in the next release. It's the highest priority item on the list right now.

Re: Show HN: Yack – Community Browser for Hacker News, Reddit, YouTube and More

#48

Yack! is a native desktop app built for online communities such as Hacker News, Reddit, YouTube, Indie Hackers and many more. It has an open source plugin architecture which allows anyone to build a plugin for their favorite communities. If you're interested in helping out, shoot me an email at hello[at]yack.io Looking forward to your feedback :)

As far as I can tell, Indie Hackers doesn't have public apis. Just curious, how are you are gathering posts, etc from IH? Nice work!
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