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Re: Hacker News Web App for Mobile

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Post by publicfig »

juretriglav wrote: post #43
publicfig wrote: post #30

This is the first website I've ever added to my home screen on iOS, and I was completely unaware that by doing so, I could view the site as if it was a full screen app, not having to deal with the safari interface. I was completely unaware of that, and can now really see the utility in adding web apps to the home screen Also, this is great. Really a solid interface. EDIT: I would honestly like to see this scale on de…

It works fine as a desktop app actually. The sidebar is just one part of the app, and if you click on a post, you get the full article / comments on the right side. Looks like no framework was used to build this (except for Zepto, I guess). Total size for JS is 55kb, for comparison Angular 1.0.7 minified is 78kb. CSS adds another 30kb, including the ico font that's base64 encoded in style.css. 115kb for the whole pag…

Yep, I figured that out! Now that I know I like the sidebar better than full width.

Re: Hacker News Web App for Mobile

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Post by cpprototypes »

thekingshorses wrote: post #55
juretriglav wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It works fine as a desktop app actually. The sidebar is just one part of the app, and if you click on a post, you get the full article / comments on the right side. Looks like no framework was used to build this (except for Zepto, I guess). Total size for JS is 55kb, for comparison Angular 1.0.7 minified is 78kb. CSS adds another 30kb, including the ico font that's base64 encoded in style.css. 115kb for the whole pag…

Sorry I forgot to mention, I also use Fastclick( https://github.com/ftlabs/fastclick ) for iOS. JS is uglified. Libraries takes 55% of file size, and rest is my code.

The UI performance for your web app is impressive. Did you use any other libraries besides fastclick? Or was it a lot of manual work and research to make the UI perform well?

Re: Hacker News Web App for Mobile

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Post by HCIdivision17 »

publicfig wrote: post #30

This is the first website I've ever added to my home screen on iOS, and I was completely unaware that by doing so, I could view the site as if it was a full screen app, not having to deal with the safari interface. I was completely unaware of that, and can now really see the utility in adding web apps to the home screen Also, this is great. Really a solid interface. EDIT: I would honestly like to see this scale on de…

Following your recommendation, I did the same, and I really enjoy it. The interface addresses many (all?) of my typical annoyances with the otherwise great news:yc app. * it swaps between comments and articles quickly * nice, unobtrusive indenting for threads * holy cow folding comments! * pleasant styling

I haven't figured out how to comment, but I'more of a lurker, so that's fine (it'll keep me from making a fool of myself too much). And there's that initial loading time with a blank, white background that is almost certainly the iPhone's fault.

Swapping over to it now that this is written!

Re: Hacker News Web App for Mobile

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Post by thekingshorses »

rcconf wrote: post #64

Thanks so much. I've downloaded a few HN apps and they have not been working very well. This shall replace them.

If you are on android, you can download this as a native app from here. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.premii.hn

iOS. Only option is to add it to your home. I have build iOS app, but haven't submitted to the app store.

Re: Hacker News Web App for Mobile

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Post by thekingshorses »

petenixey wrote: post #9

Very cool and very fast. One small request is that (on the iPhone) the app's window sizes to the viewport and so you can't scroll the address bar up out of view. On However... having added it as a desktop icon it's phenomenal (no browser chrome). Very impressed. Would be great if it told you at the start that this was the outcome from adding it :)

Apple provided way to hide the address bar didn't work on my app. But I have figure out a way to do it. I will add it soon.

Re: Hacker News Web App for Mobile

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Post by Timothee »

HPLovecraft wrote: post #40

hi this is awesome, thanks for sharing! I do have a problem with it on the iphone, it only shows like 2 or 3 items, then below this its blank - however you can click the blank spot and the link works.... anyone else?

I have the same problem. Also on 5.1.1. The display is refreshed if I rotate my phone back and forth.
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