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Re: Show HN: Yack – Community Browser for Hacker News, Reddit, YouTube and More

#82

Post by ghostbrainalpha »

I like it. All of my procrastination sites in one app so my browser history doesn't get cluttered by non work stuff.

One of my biggest fears is when I start to type in a URL during a screen share with a client who's website is REGEX.COM, and they will see my auto fill trying to take us to Reddit.com/SEXY_TOE_PARTY

Re: Show HN: Yack – Community Browser for Hacker News, Reddit, YouTube and More

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Post by [deleted] »

7961636B6572 wrote: post #70
AlphaWeaver wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would second that this should be optional ASAP. I understand your need and desire to collect feedback but I don't think it's a great idea to require users to create a profile for something that is a client. There are other ways to collect feedback than a Discourse instance. Why not just stand up a contact form, Twitter account, or email address?

Definitely. Received similar feedback from other users as well and will consider making this optional.

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Re: Show HN: Yack – Community Browser for Hacker News, Reddit, YouTube and More

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Post by Kiro »

guessmyname wrote: post #17

> If your work isn't ready for people to try out yet, please don't do a Show HN. Once it's ready, come back and do it then. > Blog posts, sign-up pages, and fundraisers can't be tried out, so they can't be Show HNs. Read the “Show HN” rules please: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

You misunderstand. The rule refers to a sign-up page for something that does not yet exist.

Re: Show HN: Yack – Community Browser for Hacker News, Reddit, YouTube and More

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Post by 7961636B6572 »

vinceguidry wrote: post #81

Wishful thinking, I'm sure, but I'd love to see Quora support. But that's probably totally unfeasible.

It's feasible and already thinking about Quora plugin. Yack has an open source plugin architecture. Each community in the app, Hacker News, YouTube, Reddit are a plugin. Once out of beta, users will be able to install custom plugins directly from a GitHub url.

Re: Show HN: Yack – Community Browser for Hacker News, Reddit, YouTube and More

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Post by 7961636B6572 »

simonebrunozzi wrote: post #78
7961636B6572 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey, thanks for the feedback. Will consider making the Yack profile optional. For the beta version it was necessary because the app has a "Feedback" community, which is built on top of Discourse - This is where users provide feedback and report bugs. Thought about creating a subreddit on Reddit for feedback/bug reports but for users who are on HN or YT, it was necessary to have Yack's own community. Creating Yack pro…

You know what would be really impressive? To act on that feedback as fast as possible. Like: now. I agree with the parent poster and I think you should make it damn easy for anybody here to test Yack.

I'd love to do this right now, but the thing is that workflow is rather complicated and needs through testing after change. Would adding a download button to landing page suffice ;)

Re: Show HN: Yack – Community Browser for Hacker News, Reddit, YouTube and More

#89

Post by qwerty456127 »

Looks cool. But it should have a Python API letting you wrte your own source drivers so you could add other blogs.

PS: If only everybody were implementing ATOM and doing it properly - we wouldn't have to implement any site-specific clients then.

Re: Show HN: Yack – Community Browser for Hacker News, Reddit, YouTube and More

#90

Post by 7961636B6572 »

qwerty456127 wrote: post #89

Looks cool. But it should have a Python API letting you wrte your own source drivers so you could add other blogs. PS: If only everybody were implementing ATOM and doing it properly - we wouldn't have to implement any site-specific clients then.

It has plugin architecture that allows anyone to build plugins for Yack. Once out of beta, users will be able to install custom plugins directly from GitHub. Plugins must be written in TypeScript though.
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