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

Post by Accacin » Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 10:48 AM UTC

ken wrote: post #144

zestyping wrote: post #37

It looks pretty, but I'm having trouble understanding the use case. A core part of browsing Hacker News or Reddit is opening the links and reading the articles, which are web pages. Once I'm opening web pages, then I want to be able to bookmark them, arrange them in tabs, find them in my history, have them saved in sessions by my session manager extension, configure how they are handled by my ad blocker, search for r…

My reaction is pretty much the opposite. This looks like what I've wanted the web to be for years now. It's the best parts of RSS, Gopher, and the web. What's terrible about the modern web? Mountains of JavaScript, for trackers, and advertisements, and custom UI so every page acts differently (and slowly) even though they're 99% the same. This appears to cut through that crap, and just give me easy access to articles…

Post by iaml » Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 11:44 AM UTC

thirdsun wrote: post #155

eric-hu wrote: post #145

Feedback: I jumped at this headline because HN, YouTube and Reddit are the main social media sources I consume now. I left the front page because I tend to browse these more on my phone or iPad. I do browse Reddit on my computer more than on iOS, but only because the Reddit mobile webpage is so terrible. Wish youR Mac app blows up and you make an iOS app one day.

> I do browse Reddit on my computer more than on iOS, but only because the Reddit mobile webpage is so terrible. Have your tried Apollo[0]? It's a much better Reddit experience on iPad or iPhone than their official options, whether it's the website or their app. [0] https://apolloapp.io/

Post by skinnymuch » Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 12:59 PM UTC

codesushi42 wrote: post #143

skinnymuch wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you see comments with RSS feeds? Also do you pay for Feedly?

Comments are supported in the RSS spec. And Feedly is free.

Post by 0x445442 » Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 2:48 PM UTC

Accacin wrote: post #161

ken wrote: post #144

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My reaction is pretty much the opposite. This looks like what I've wanted the web to be for years now. It's the best parts of RSS, Gopher, and the web. What's terrible about the modern web? Mountains of JavaScript, for trackers, and advertisements, and custom UI so every page acts differently (and slowly) even though they're 99% the same. This appears to cut through that crap, and just give me easy access to articles…

> Saying that one needs to "configure an ad blocker" to read articles on the internet almost sounds like an admission of failure. But having to install a completely new browser for your desktop isn't? Installing uBlock Origin solves all your problems with trackers all over the web. Installing this electron app solves it for a few sites.

Post by parliament32 » Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 5:47 PM UTC

pfraze wrote: post #33

kart23 wrote: post #31

Yack means throw up in many circles. Just be aware of the name. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=yack

It also means "talk"