Hacker News Web App for Mobile

Post by mahyarm » Fri, Aug 09, 2013, 12:33 AM UTC

thekingshorses wrote: post #130

mahyarm wrote: post #112

Well done! Is there a way to see more articles once you reach the bottom? Also what font did you use for the webpage icon?

No, there is no way to see more articles. I never clicked on the next button on HN so i didn't bother to implement that. It should be easy to add it. I am using icomoon.io for icon font.

Post by kevin_p » Fri, Aug 09, 2013, 5:11 AM UTC

zio99 wrote: post #60

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…

I worked on a similar app [1] and it runs as a standalone web app on the iOS homescreen as well. A couple of things that I love about it: 1. I've done away with a lot of the features the OP has - such as comments (unless it's Ask HN), time of post and link. This has made it more lightweight and faster to load on slow mobile networks in my area. 2. Also, it's only updated twice a day since I actually built this for my…

Post by pudquick » Fri, Aug 09, 2013, 5:59 AM UTC

shanselman wrote: post #142

Fast, lovely, and amazing. But it tries so hard to hide Safari that it makes a few very common use cases impossible. 1. You can't back up if you visit a web page 2. You can't share/email an article as you can in safari. I will be using this daily, but NOT pinned as a web app in ios7

Post by HiFaraz » Fri, Aug 09, 2013, 7:00 AM UTC

thekingshorses wrote: post #134

HiFaraz wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd love to see the source code too please. I'm working on a side project and would love to make it as smooth as this.

send an email at [my HN user id @ nj.premii.com]

Post by mieubrisse » Fri, Aug 09, 2013, 7:59 AM UTC

thekingshorses wrote: post #54

I wrote this client. Never submitted to HN, because I wasn't sure if anyone will like it. After it reached to the FP, my vps server stop responding. So I moved it to S3. S3 doesn't gzip content. Now it takes twice the time to load the app. Thanks EtienneK for submitting to HN. Also forgot to mention that you can download an android app from play store. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.premii.hn