There is no reason not to. "Should I develop it" always has the answer "yes".
Well, if there is no interest in it, and you could be working on something else. You need to weight these decisions.
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#62There is no reason not to. "Should I develop it" always has the answer "yes".
Well, if there is no interest in it, and you could be working on something else. You need to weight these decisions.
it is impossible to tell interest until the project is built. Who, having heard the premise of Twitter in 2005, would have said "Oh yeah, that sounds exactly like something I want"?
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#63Make a web app that has HN Item list on the left column. Right column displays the story/link but also allow quickly switching between that and the HN comments section.
I'd throw money at you.
I don't need/want a mac app for reading stuff that's available on the web. That just makes me bounce between 1 extra app/window if I want to read/learn more about a certain subject.
Re: Show HN: I Designed this HN Mac App – Should I develop it?
#64Make a web app that has HN Item list on the left column. Right column displays the story/link but also allow quickly switching between that and the HN comments section. I'd throw money at you. I don't need/want a mac app for reading stuff that's available on the web. That just makes me bounce between 1 extra app/window if I want to read/learn more about a certain subject.
Guess I can count you out then.
Thanks for the feedback.
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#65I wouldn't use an alternative HN story reader on OS X. I like the cramped web interface too much. However I do like (and make![1]) passive alert menubar apps. Make one of those for HN and I would use it (and submit pull requests). Alert for new thread replies, karma, etc. [1] Shameless plug for Reddit Notifier, on the Mac App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/reddit-notifier-mac-os-x-men...
Nice one. I'll definitely look into that. Thanks for the tip.
In fact, if you want to do the icons/design and find an acceptable HN API, I could get it working with the Reddit Notifier source pretty easily. Shoot me an email if interested.
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#66I would much rather want a responsive version, so I don't have to download an app to look at HN.
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#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, if there is no interest in it, and you could be working on something else. You need to weight these decisions.
it is impossible to tell interest until the project is built. Who, having heard the premise of Twitter in 2005, would have said "Oh yeah, that sounds exactly like something I want"?
The Twitter equivalent would be asking Twitter users if they'd use TweetDeck given only mockups of the app.
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
I know where you are coming from. I also like to use the open web, but it bugs me when I end up with opening 5-10 tabs each time I go into HN and have to navigate around between them and close them again. It is for the Mac and not for the iPhone/iPad (might come later). If you have no need for it, it's probably not for you. Hehe.
>> but it bugs me when I end up with opening 5-10 tabs each time I go into HN haha, too true. I'm a bit of a tabaholic I suppose. It's nothing to have 10-20 tabs in a window, with separate windows open for different stuff (HN window, work window, mail/FB window..) Heck, I'll stumble across tabs I meant to read last week or last month all the time...
I'm the same way: I look at the list of stories, open all the ones that look interesting in new tabs, and do the same with the comments for them as well. Then, I have a nice queue of six to twelve tabs to peruse.
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#69I LOVE how you presented your design. I got it right away. Very slick. I don't think I would use this because it might kill my productivity more than going to HN already does.
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#70Holger, your design has the same issue as every other HN app - it trades condensed view for spacing and typography. The brilliance of HN's native design is an ability to see 20-30 stories per screenful. This is a must have. Otherwise it turns into Designer News [1] :) Secondly, an app that is merely an alternative view of HN webpage is not terribly interesting. It should really offer something else. For example, an a…
I find it kind of amusing that Hacker News is better designed than Designer News.