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Re: Show HN: Hacker News desktop app made with Electron and Node

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 4:37 PM UTC

SeanAnderson wrote: post #5

Can the non-Mac users have some screenshots? I dug around the GitHub repo and the website, but didn't see any.

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Re: Show HN: Hacker News desktop app made with Electron and Node

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Post by Artemis2 » Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 4:43 PM UTC

achairapart wrote: post #9

Looks cool. But... 100+Mb for a notification app?

That's Node (V8) and Electron (Chromium and all its dependencies) for you.

Re: Show HN: Hacker News desktop app made with Electron and Node

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Post by dattl » Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 4:46 PM UTC

achairapart wrote: post #9

Looks cool. But... 100+Mb for a notification app?

How is it 100 MB? RAM or disk space?

Re: Show HN: Hacker News desktop app made with Electron and Node

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Post by jedireza » Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 4:47 PM UTC

Thanks! I'd like to dismiss and/or mark as read for stories I'm not interested in.

Re: Show HN: Hacker News desktop app made with Electron and Node

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Post by dombili » Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 4:49 PM UTC

SeanAnderson wrote: post #5

Can the non-Mac users have some screenshots? I dug around the GitHub repo and the website, but didn't see any.

Here you go:

1- http://i.imgur.com/5WjIJ5M.png

2- http://i.imgur.com/A1VHspL.png

This is about it. When you click on any link, it takes you to the website itself.

Re: Show HN: Hacker News desktop app made with Electron and Node

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Post by denzil_correa » Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 4:54 PM UTC

I have installed this and I agree with other users here - I like it. I can check it whenever I want to and it's non obtrusive.

Re: Show HN: Hacker News desktop app made with Electron and Node

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Post by wsterling » Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 4:55 PM UTC

Because I need to get less work done? It does look great.

Re: Show HN: Hacker News desktop app made with Electron and Node

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Post by bbaumgar » Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 5:00 PM UTC

dattl wrote: post #13

achairapart wrote: post #9

Looks cool. But... 100+Mb for a notification app?

How is it 100 MB? RAM or disk space?

Disk space

Re: Show HN: Hacker News desktop app made with Electron and Node

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Post by achairapart » Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 5:04 PM UTC

dattl wrote: post #13

achairapart wrote: post #9

Looks cool. But... 100+Mb for a notification app?

How is it 100 MB? RAM or disk space?

After checking RAM usage, I'd say both.

Re: Show HN: Hacker News desktop app made with Electron and Node

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Post by rtz12 » Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 5:10 PM UTC

I would bet that my newsreader uses booth less RAM and less disk space. This is what feeds were invented for. Why should I install that much bloat just for reading HN?