Show HN: 8chen – a beautiful, fast Hacker News client for iOS

Post by 8chen » Mon, Apr 30, 2018, 8:32 PM UTC

Post by phren0logy » Mon, Apr 30, 2018, 8:59 PM UTC

coldacid wrote: post #2

What's with this app's name when there's already an imageboard site very similarly named 8chan?

Post by miles » Tue, May 01, 2018, 2:47 AM UTC

Post by miles » Tue, May 01, 2018, 3:49 AM UTC

8chen wrote: post #6

miles wrote: post #5

Thanks for crafting and sharing 8chen, Daniel - very easy to read, parse, and share. Would it be possible to add an option to disable the animations?

Thank you! I can definitely do that when I get some time. Which animations in particular, and why?

Post by miles » Tue, May 01, 2018, 5:19 AM UTC

8chen wrote: post #8

miles wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Which animations in particular All of them ;-) > and why? Please pardon my frankness, but they strike me as garish, jarring, and unnecessary. Every time they appear is rather unsettling and distracting, to the point that I've had to switch back to another app. Again, perhaps it could be an option? I am sure that many would disagree with my assessment.

I appreciate frankness. A lot of the animations are just standard, out of the box iOS animations, like the push/pop navigation between UIViewControllers. I would imagine that most users like and expect these.