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Combinator v1.1 - A simple Hacker News client for Windows Phone.

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Re: Combinator v1.1 - A simple Hacker News client for Windows Phone.

#11

App looks very nice. Just one issue: How can I see comments? This is a major point for me and a better interface would help, it's impossible to read comments on a small screen via the web interface. The scrollbar could also use more visibility.

I agree. The app works well enough but the main reason I want to use it is for comment support.

Re: Combinator v1.1 - A simple Hacker News client for Windows Phone.

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post #10

I don't own a windows phone and don't use any of these kind of apps, but doesn't the own existence of web site related apps represents a failure of said website to provide a decent web interface to mobile platforms? I'm not referring in particular to hacker news or to this app, but websites in general that "need" a mobile app to properly or easily use it.

The HN layout is not really optimized for mobile. The text is quite small, and upvoting is a pain.

Re: Combinator v1.1 - A simple Hacker News client for Windows Phone.

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post #12
post #10

I don't own a windows phone and don't use any of these kind of apps, but doesn't the own existence of web site related apps represents a failure of said website to provide a decent web interface to mobile platforms? I'm not referring in particular to hacker news or to this app, but websites in general that "need" a mobile app to properly or easily use it.

The HN layout is not really optimized for mobile. The text is quite small, and upvoting is a pain.

So, in summary, yes, yes it does :)

Re: Combinator v1.1 - A simple Hacker News client for Windows Phone.

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post #8

Hi Miguel, you beat me to it :-). I just released my app today: http://www.windowsphone.com/nl-NL/apps/c7c617bb-689b-476d-a3... Working on comments....

I just had a look at it, going back from a page to the listings gives a full second of a lag/black screen while the Top article screen is being recreated.

You truncate all the article titles. Don't do that, it means I can't read them.

Re: Combinator v1.1 - A simple Hacker News client for Windows Phone.

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post #17
post #8

Hi Miguel, you beat me to it :-). I just released my app today: http://www.windowsphone.com/nl-NL/apps/c7c617bb-689b-476d-a3... Working on comments....

I just had a look at it, going back from a page to the listings gives a full second of a lag/black screen while the Top article screen is being recreated. You truncate all the article titles. Don't do that, it means I can't read them.

I tried to create the app as closely as the mail app which does exactly the same with truncating, it is part of the Metro style. If you click on an item you will see the full item title.

I'll look into the animation between the item page and main page.

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