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Show HN: Hacker News client with a twist

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Re: Show HN: Hacker News client with a twist

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Post by spiralx »

asdff wrote: post #174

I can't open comments on firefox. hitting O does nothing. Opening new links also opens them in a popup window rather than a new tab, so firefox blocks those by default too. Overall its nice to use a keyboard but the information density is so poor and the site isn't as performant as news.ycombinator.com so I won't be making a switch, and I can't comment on how it renders comments since it doesn't open comment sections…

> I can't open comments on firefox. hitting O does nothing. Opening new links also opens them in a popup window rather than a new tab, so firefox blocks those by default too.

Took me a while to realise you opened things by pressing the right arrow/D/K, and instead O and Alt+O open the current comment or article in HN. I'm not sure why they have different keypresses, makes it even more confusing.

Re: Show HN: Hacker News client with a twist

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Post by charbuff »

pabue wrote: post #2

Haxplore 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…

I miss a tiny thing: seeing when each comment was created.

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Post by tppiotrowski »

filoleg wrote: post #185
gwbas1c wrote: post #169

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Really cool! My $0.02: I wish this looked more like hacker news: IE, same colors, same fonts, same text size. I've been using Hacker News for so long that its look and feel are part of its queues. Different colors / fonts just gives the same content a different feel. I'm torn on how you display comments. One thing that I don't like in Hacker News is that a top-level comment with a lot of replies ends up pushing other…

wow, I've never even thought of such a simple change until I've read your reply (all comments collapsed by default as opposed to expanded by default), but I want it really badly now. Many HN apps and browser extension by now have an easy way to to collapse comments (usually by clicking an icon next to the comment or tapping on the comment on touchscreens), but I don't think I've seen one yet where collapsed by defaul…

https://hackerweb.app

It has collapsed comments by default and works well on mobile and decent on desktop.

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Post by seFausto »

pabue wrote: post #2

Haxplore 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…

I really like it! I'll use it as my default HN client for a while, see how it goes. This app makes me focus more on the content than regular scrolling HN.

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Post by seFausto »

mrmattyboy wrote: post #176
pabue wrote: post #2

Haxplore 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…

This is awesome!! :) One tiny thing (though everyone's tiny suggestions sure add up :D ) (aside from the alt-h not working in firefox)... It would be awesome if hitting space or something on a selected post would open it in a iframe (or panel) in the middle of the screen. Then be able to up-arrow/down-array (or PGUP/PGDOWN) through the page and escape out of it. This would mean you can quickly skim an article without…

I completely agree on the iframe. After opening a link I keep trying to go back by pressing the left arrow. Pressing Ctrl+W is not to bad to close the tab though.

Re: Show HN: Hacker News client with a twist

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Post by firexcy »

Thank you for sharing this. HN’s default layout and behavior have never made sense to me and I always rely on alternative front-ends if I’m spending more than a glance on a thread. Currently I’m settled on hn.premii.com but your attempt seems promising.

One suggestion: I know the client is designed to be a single-page app, but is it possible to have a constructed permalink for each submission and comment thereto? On hn.premii.com that I mentioned above, I can have links in the form of hn.premii.com/#/comments/28704873 so that I can create a bookmarklet to jump directly from a original HN page to a “optimized” version. I hope it will also be possible with yours.

Re: Show HN: Hacker News client with a twist

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Post by archon810 »

exikyut wrote: post #43
kimusan wrote: post #25

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I like the design - too bad that HN does not allow for you to add comment support. That would make it perfect

I was just thinking about this myself. It would be so awesome to add something like OAuth2! But then I realized, this would break the subtle cohesion of the current model. Everyone has to specifically come back to news.yc to comment. Everyone has to use the HN design. I do wonder if this is intentional, or at least strategic - because the current approach enforces a certain perspective when commenting that * perhaps…

I'm able to add comments using my current unofficial Android app. These apps just work around the requirement by issuing some sort of HTTP requests similar to the site itself.

Re: Show HN: Hacker News client with a twist

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Post by mlukaszek »

C19is20 wrote: post #159
mlukaszek wrote: post #132

Like it! Some suggestions to consider: - I'm missing a "jump back up" shortcut, something I'd recommend using capital "G" for, like in Vim. - It seems it hits some hardcoded limit for paging? i.e. it does not allow me to open more stories once I reach the "bottom" one. - Two things I'm used to that exist in the Android app I'm using: * stories are numbered, so I see how far from the top I am. It's a dimmed down grey…

Agreed on android: materialistic?

Yes, materialistic is what I settled down on so far!
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