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Re: Other ways to read Hacker News

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Post by baby »

lolsal wrote: post #79

I had no idea there were people that needed to view HN differently - let alone 21+ ways. I find the "native" presentation basically perfect for both desktop and mobile browsing.

I can't agree with you, reading comments is an awful experience on both desktop and mobile. Their addition of the [-] eases the pain but it is still painful to click on it on mobile, and it still on the freaking right of every comments instead of being on the left.

I know have two [-] [-] on both side of each comments because I use a firefox plugin to have one in the right place.

Re: Other ways to read Hacker News

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Post by dang »

rxhernandez wrote: post #94
lolsal wrote: post #79

I had no idea there were people that needed to view HN differently - let alone 21+ ways. I find the "native" presentation basically perfect for both desktop and mobile browsing.

I wouldn't say perfect. I would like for hidden comments to stay hidden as I bounce back and forth between links shared in an HN thread and the HN thread itself. I know you could argue just open a new tab for each link but sometimes I mistakenly open the link in the HN tab and have to go through the time consuming process of bringing the state back to where it was. This is orders of magnitude more difficult on mobile…

By 'hidden' do you mean collapsed using [-]? Those should stay collapsed, even across browser sessions. But we do use JS to do it.

Re: Other ways to read Hacker News

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Post by dang »

jandrese wrote: post #125
lolsal wrote: post #79

I had no idea there were people that needed to view HN differently - let alone 21+ ways. I find the "native" presentation basically perfect for both desktop and mobile browsing.

This is one of the few sites I frequent where I don't wish they would improve the interface. I've been dreading the day HN gets the "Web 2.0" makeover and turns into yet another information sparse automatic scrolling back button hating javascript nightmare. Seriously, for the main interface it is pretty much perfect. Like Slashdot before they fucked it up. Or Ars before they fucked it up.

> I've been dreading the day HN gets the

Dread something else; that won't happen. We love the text-based, information-dense, minimal style that pg created. I loved it years before becoming a mod and can't imagine changing it. Besides, we're so old-fashioned now that we're due to become retro chic in another half-cycle. Why sell at the bottom?

Re: Other ways to read Hacker News

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Post by wakkaflokka »

keltvek wrote: post #109

I use hckrnews.com together with Stylish (extension) dark theme ( https://userstyles.org/styles/117803/dark-hckrnews-2017 ). I also use a dark theme for Hacker News ( https://userstyles.org/styles/113994/hacker-news-dark ). For me it is much easier on the eyes.

How safe is it to use something like Stylish?

Re: Other ways to read Hacker News

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Post by Santosh83 »

cmg wrote: post #48
teh_klev wrote: post #9

I've used the Hacker News Enhancement Suite for the past few years and thought it did just enough things to make the site a tad more usable without going overboard: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhanc...

I've been making the switch from Chrome to Firefox over the past month, and HNES is the one thing I truly miss that I haven't found a good replacement for.

This ought to be the kind of simple extension that Firefox's ongoing migration to Web Extensions will allow to be plugged in and used.

Re: Other ways to read Hacker News

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Post by dang »

choward wrote: post #113
gt_ wrote: post #112

I struggle to see why anyone would want to dilute Hacker News with the affect-laden decadence of contemporary web design. I am a visual artist and this is sincere. My hopes are that the HN community holds stable at least until I can find a new hole to run to.

It should have been titled "other ways to read hacker news".

Ok, we'll s/Better/Other/ above.

Re: Other ways to read Hacker News

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Post by dang »

crims0n wrote: post #40
josefresco wrote: post #39

1 vote for HackerWeb for your phone. Wish the full HN had collapsible threads - a feature on Reddit I find very useful for traversing long threads without getting "sucked" into a "reply black hole"

They seem to have added this feature to the main site within the last couple months. It works for me on my iPad anyway, maybe give it another try.

July 2016 :)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12073675

Re: Other ways to read Hacker News

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Post by SubiculumCode »

pankajdoharey wrote: post #114
lolsal wrote: post #79

I had no idea there were people that needed to view HN differently - let alone 21+ ways. I find the "native" presentation basically perfect for both desktop and mobile browsing.

Just try the first link in that news and if you dont like it or it doesnt change your perspective you can always use what you have always used. But i bet you would like hckr news.

I tried and I don't. Sorry. Loads/Performs slowly in my older phone. Annoying highlighting occurrs as I scroll. Adds what value?
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