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Show HN: Hacker News client with a twist

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Re: Show HN: Hacker News client with a twist

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Post by Shared404 »

exikyut wrote: post #43
kimusan wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like the design - too bad that HN does not allow for you to add comment support. That would make it perfect

I was just thinking about this myself. It would be so awesome to add something like OAuth2! But then I realized, this would break the subtle cohesion of the current model. Everyone has to specifically come back to news.yc to comment. Everyone has to use the HN design. I do wonder if this is intentional, or at least strategic - because the current approach enforces a certain perspective when commenting that * perhaps…

I've thought the same thing.

Looking at reddit, whenever someone complains about degredation of discussion, somebody pops up and says "just use old.reddit.com". However, everyone else is still on new reddit, so even if you increase the quality of your submissions, the overall quality still drops.

Re: Show HN: Hacker News client with a twist

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Post by goodpoint »

smallerfish wrote: post #70

Can you please avoid blurring the prior column (or at least the comment you came from)? It's useful to see context that way. Otherwise I think it's really good. Reddit should have aspired to something this well thought out. (I'd also like page up / page down.)

Good point. On a large screen most of the space is wasted: a blurred column on the left and empty space on the right.

This accounts for 2/3 of the of the space. Please use all of it :)

Re: Show HN: Hacker News client with a twist

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Post by kvathupo »

This is everything I wish the web would move towards: quick, minimalistic design that doesn't hinder the user. I think Reddit is the worst offender in this regard with its slow, bloated redesign that stops my viewing experience.

There is also something to be said of the inherent, tactile satisfaction derived from a button-press, as opposed to a mouse-click.

Re: Show HN: Hacker News client with a twist

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Post by pabue »

ostenning wrote: post #64
pabue wrote: post #2

Haxplore is a little web app I created because I didn't like to click around the HN interface to read submission and discussions. I also wanted to experiment with different ways of implementing keyboard control in web apps and HN seemed like the perfect test subject. So maybe it's useful for some of you too. The most important features are: - Intuitive keyboard control - Link detection in comments with hotkeys to ope…

Really nice, bravo

Thank you!

Re: Show HN: Hacker News client with a twist

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Post by pwdisswordfish8 »

Nice as a proof of concept, but it renders one's browser history useless, and Ctrl+F is mostly broken as well.

Recommend taking an additive approach—to enhance navigability with new methods, not throw out the stuff that already works (and works well) as a consequence of reasoning that this is A New Thing and New Things are supposed to replace what already exists. Casualties here include stuff like clickable hot zones for navigation if in the given moment one's hands can provide higher bandwidth that way for a desired action, operating on e.g. a link by context menu e.g. to copy it, mouse scrollability, etc. Unlike the poorly reasoned bickering below, it does not follow that these interaction concepts are at odds with one another. Keyboard and mouse accessibility are not mutually exclusive.

Re: Show HN: Hacker News client with a twist

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Post by pabue »

smallerfish wrote: post #70

Can you please avoid blurring the prior column (or at least the comment you came from)? It's useful to see context that way. Otherwise I think it's really good. Reddit should have aspired to something this well thought out. (I'd also like page up / page down.)

You can see the current parent comment on top in the white box as soon as you navigate 'into' a comment. It is truncated by default but you can toggle it with the P key.

Thank you!

Oh and page up / down is noted and will be added soon.

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