A better mobile version of HN. Please review my weekend project
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Re: A better mobile version of HN. Please review my weekend project
#2Yes, HN could really need a mobile version.
Also, is there some official API? Could people write mobile apps based on HN?
Re: A better mobile version of HN. Please review my weekend project
#3http://www.icombinator.net/ I really wish there was a way to comment and vote from the interface, though.
Re: A better mobile version of HN. Please review my weekend project
#4Cool, but doesn't look much different than a simple feed in google reader really.
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#5nice..but looks little bit dull.... anyways nice work..
Re: A better mobile version of HN. Please review my weekend project
#6Cool, but doesn't look much different than a simple feed in google reader really.
You didn't use the "Article Text" feature, did you? I think that's a really great feature. Especially if you're on a slow connection.
Re: A better mobile version of HN. Please review my weekend project
#7I actually wish the main site stylesheet can be changed so that the white columns on left and right sides does not show up in mobile screen. This will save spaces, make the text bigger and make navigation/zooming easier on small screen.
Re: A better mobile version of HN. Please review my weekend project
#8Cool, but doesn't look much different than a simple feed in google reader really.
Like Jakob pointed out, I added the ability to pull the text of the linked article, which still needs some tweaking but works for most normal blog/news articles. It really makes articles readable on phones. It's based arc90's readability.
In addition, I added in the ability to read the comments and made them collapsible (like reddit).
But yes, if you only want the list of the front page links, the RSS will do.
I plan on adding more features soon: -Make comments sortable by date or points -More extensive caching of the comment pages along with the article text (in case either go down) -Improve the overall look and feel
Re: A better mobile version of HN. Please review my weekend project
#9I actually wish the main site stylesheet can be changed so that the white columns on left and right sides does not show up in mobile screen. This will save spaces, make the text bigger and make navigation/zooming easier on small screen.
For the front page or the comment pages?
Re: A better mobile version of HN. Please review my weekend project
#10I guess by mobile you mean iPhone; it looks pretty poor on Fennec/Maemo or probably any landscape device.