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Re: Show HN: Hacker News iOS client using the new official API

#32

Post by ibejoeb »

Speaking of these things, what became of the plan to launch a revamped HN with mobile-friendly markup?

"Our goal is to switch to a new rendering engine (still powered by Arc) in three weeks (Oct 28)" from the API announcement at http://blog.ycombinator.com/hacker-news-api.

Re: Show HN: Hacker News iOS client using the new official API

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Post by ssully »

ibejoeb wrote: post #32

Speaking of these things, what became of the plan to launch a revamped HN with mobile-friendly markup? "Our goal is to switch to a new rendering engine (still powered by Arc) in three weeks (Oct 28)" from the API announcement at http://blog.ycombinator.com/hacker-news-api .

I think they might be getting there? I noticed that the comment's section on mobile fits the width my mobile devices screen now and it is generally much more readable. I recall having to doing a lot annoying zooming in just to read comments. Before.

Granted I only access HN on mobile a few times a month, so I could just be making all of this up.

Re: Show HN: Hacker News iOS client using the new official API

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Post by owly »

bonzoq wrote: post #26
jamesgeck0 wrote: post #22

Maybe it's better on an iPhone 6, but there's a lot more scrolling than most other iOS news apps. It's pretty and all, but I'll take a bit of ugly to be able to see more than three headlines at once.

That's a good point. I might include setting headlines' font size in the next update. Thanks!

>That's a good point. I might include setting headlines' font size in the next update. Thanks!

Re: Show HN: Hacker News iOS client using the new official API

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Post by lordbusiness »

I like this new client! Good work. It's refreshing to see an HN client with a 2014 era UI. I also love that it's Open Source.

Couple of items of feedback for you.

#1 Please make the top off-white colour bar go away; it's jarring on an otherwise all-white background. The most tasteful looking iOS 7 / 8 era apps I enjoy are the ones that make the iOS info bar blend with the rest of the screen real estate.

#2 Once inside an article, the black back circle isn't very pretty, or easy to hit. This needs some work since it just looks a little overlaid and unpleasant. I don't have any meaningful suggestions, but I'd suggest this needs some rethinking.

All in all, I love it! Thank you.

Re: Show HN: Hacker News iOS client using the new official API

#40

Post by krmmalik »

I haven't been able to comment on a HN submission from a mobile device in god knows how long. I've tried so many apps. not having an orange look just feels odd, but more to the point I constantly find either the apps are great for consumption but not commenting, or the other way aroubd. This app seems to be no exception. The news:yc app was my favourite client until commenting broke. Haven't had a response from the developer since. I'm now using Hakka News but "no orange" is very strange.
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