I adore this except for one thing - the infinite scroll.
If you added paging, it'd be perfect.
Show HN: Hacker News client with a twist
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#62Haxplore is a little web app I created because I didn't like to click around the HN interface to read submission and discussions. I also wanted to experiment with different ways of implementing keyboard control in web apps and HN seemed like the perfect test subject. So maybe it's useful for some of you too. The most important features are: - Intuitive keyboard control - Link detection in comments with hotkeys to ope…
brilliant work, please do twitter next very addicting
Twitter already has keyboard navigation
Re: Show HN: Hacker News client with a twist
#63I'd just ask for a dark theme based on the browser's preferences.
Re: Show HN: Hacker News client with a twist
#64Haxplore is a little web app I created because I didn't like to click around the HN interface to read submission and discussions. I also wanted to experiment with different ways of implementing keyboard control in web apps and HN seemed like the perfect test subject. So maybe it's useful for some of you too. The most important features are: - Intuitive keyboard control - Link detection in comments with hotkeys to ope…
Really nice, bravo
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
It appears the whole point of this site is the keyboard navigation. If you don't like it, just use Hacker News.
Yes, but "enabling keyboard navigation" shouldn't mean disabling mouse based navigation. There are multiple people on this thread who are confused because of disabled scrolling which shows that it's bad UX. > If you don't like it, just use Hacker News. Yes, I will not be using this site. Just giving my feedback and opinion on the UX just like you.
> Yes, but "enabling keyboard navigation" shouldn't mean disabling mouse based navigation
If someone shows me a project for keyboard navigation, I won't complain that there is no mouse navigation, as that would go against the very nature of the project.
> Yes, I will not be using this site. Just giving my feedback and opinion on the UX just like you.
But you're not actually giving any useful feedback on the UX the person has implemented, you're giving feedback towards some UX that doesn't exist and won't exist as it's outside the scope of the project.
It's like someone showing you that they built a car for themselves, and your first comment is "but does it float in the sea?". No, of course it doesn't float, it's not a boat.
How is that useful feedback to this project?
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#66I’m impressed that it works on mobile too. I guess best ux is with a keyboard but still it’s nice to see what it’s about.
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#67Wow this is really cool and well designed. Sorry for this simple question but what did you use to get the nice sliding like animation? Is that intentional or just a result of updating the currently selected article?
Thank you very much!
Good question. The content part is actually moved left and right using CSS transforms. The sliding animation is just a result of adding a transition for this property.
Hope this helps. Otherwise just ask ;)
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#68I'd just ask for a dark theme based on the browser's preferences.
Definitely gonna add an optional dark mode soon!
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#69It would be nice if there were a way for it to "remember" where I left off, or filter stories I've already scrolled past out of the list when I come back.
That's a pretty cool idea. I'm gonna look into that. Thanks!
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#70Can you please avoid blurring the prior column (or at least the comment you came from)? It's useful to see context that way.
Otherwise I think it's really good. Reddit should have aspired to something this well thought out.
(I'd also like page up / page down.)