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Re: Materialistic – Ad free, open source Hacker News client

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Post by viraptor »

hidro wrote: post #20
viraptor wrote: post #11

While I think it's the best of what's available, it still misses some features. No downvoting, no flagging, preformatted text gets mangled, and the own comments/conversations view is not ideal. It's so close...

I plan to implement downvoting but I'm not sure of the logic involved (I don't have enough karma to test it myself). Probably I'll add it to a beta channel and let users help test it. Performance can be laggy and is something I'm trying to improve.

Up/down voting works the same. It's just the "how=" parameter that changes from "up" to "down".

There's also a "/flag" call with only "id" and "auth" to flag comments / articles. (with "un=t" it unflags) The link says "flag" or "unflag".

Re: Materialistic – Ad free, open source Hacker News client

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Post by PieterH »

Just installed it, used it for a few hours, loved it, and deinstalled it. Here's why.

First, no downvote action. We need this to push down trolls and sockpuppets.

Second, voting is inside a menu, yet this is a really common action.

Third and worst, when I use a browser on HN, every single link now asks me to select an app. Not once, but for each different link type it seems. After the fifth time (choosing 'Remember my choice' each time), I was so annoyed I uninstalled Materialistic.

End of report.

Re: Materialistic – Ad free, open source Hacker News client

#55

Post by jray »

hidro wrote: post #38
kaushalmodi wrote: post #36

Materialistic is the only way I access Hacker News. But it would be awesome if the developer took some inspiration from the Reddit client Relay ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=reddit.news ) too :) Great job hidro!

Thanks! I have incorporated the idea of on-screen navigation button and grouping setting options. What else you think I should consider from Relay?

Great work Hidro, But i prefer 'hackernews 2', why? because the list view is more compact (only 2 lines). Can you add a 'compact view'?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.airlocksof...

Re: Materialistic – Ad free, open source Hacker News client

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Post by hidro »

jray wrote: post #55
hidro wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! I have incorporated the idea of on-screen navigation button and grouping setting options. What else you think I should consider from Relay?

Great work Hidro, But i prefer 'hackernews 2', why? because the list view is more compact (only 2 lines). Can you add a 'compact view'? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.airlocksof...

Disable card view (which is the default for new installations) + choose smaller text size would achieve more or less the same. I have already gone thru few iterations of compacting the UI and I'm afraid I can't squeeze it anymore :(

Re: Materialistic – Ad free, open source Hacker News client

#57

Post by ashishb4u »

mei0Iesh wrote: post #16

What does the word "Materialistic" have to do with Hacker News? I did a web search to see if I'm missing something, but it looks like it's just a name that does not fit. How about "Hacker News client by Trung", or "Trung HN" for short.

Second that.

I was stumped multiple times trying to find this app under apps starting with letter "H" on my phone. Moved it to home screen now, but the name can definitely be improved.

Re: Materialistic – Ad free, open source Hacker News client

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Post by hidro »

PieterH wrote: post #54

Just installed it, used it for a few hours, loved it, and deinstalled it. Here's why. First, no downvote action. We need this to push down trolls and sockpuppets. Second, voting is inside a menu, yet this is a really common action. Third and worst, when I use a browser on HN, every single link now asks me to select an app. Not once, but for each different link type it seems. After the fifth time (choosing 'Remember m…

Sorry you don't find it useful :(

No downvote is a known issue, partly because I can't test it, so I'm not confident I'll deliver a reliable feature.

I agree that upvote should be more visible. Currently it's available as an option tucked in popup menu, as well as via swipe gesture, which is not very discoverable.

3rd one is a feature called 'deep link' which is quite common in Android. It should remember your choice if you choose 'Remember my choice'. I don't know what went wrong here as it is a platform feature and out of my control :(

Thanks for checking it out anyway.

Re: Materialistic – Ad free, open source Hacker News client

#60

Post by Retr0spectrum »

viraptor wrote: post #53
hidro wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I plan to implement downvoting but I'm not sure of the logic involved (I don't have enough karma to test it myself). Probably I'll add it to a beta channel and let users help test it. Performance can be laggy and is something I'm trying to improve.

Up/down voting works the same. It's just the "how=" parameter that changes from "up" to "down". There's also a "/flag" call with only "id" and "auth" to flag comments / articles. (with "un=t" it unflags) The link says "flag" or "unflag".

It's also worth noting that some comments cannot be downvoted.
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