Show HN: Akepa – Our HN App • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Akepa – Our HN App

#11

Post by ohitsdom » Thu, May 14, 2015, 5:40 PM UTC

allending wrote: post #2

Maker here. Just a fun note. One of the hardest parts about making the app was getting enough karma so we could test downvoting.

What is that karma threshold? The site guidelines seem intentionally vague on this.

Re: Show HN: Akepa – Our HN App

#12

Post by [deleted] » Thu, May 14, 2015, 5:42 PM UTC

ohitsdom wrote: post #11

allending wrote: post #2

Maker here. Just a fun note. One of the hardest parts about making the app was getting enough karma so we could test downvoting.

What is that karma threshold? The site guidelines seem intentionally vague on this.

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Re: Show HN: Akepa – Our HN App

#13

Post by allending » Thu, May 14, 2015, 5:42 PM UTC

toomuchtodo wrote: post #6

Just attempted to go Pro ($5? Of course! Quality work should be rewarded). As soon as the purchase was complete, the app said it couldn't verify the purchase and to try again at a later time.

Thanks toomuchtodo. We're hotfixing this right now. Receipt validation issues.

Re: Show HN: Akepa – Our HN App

#14

Post by allending » Thu, May 14, 2015, 5:43 PM UTC

ohitsdom wrote: post #11

allending wrote: post #2

Maker here. Just a fun note. One of the hardest parts about making the app was getting enough karma so we could test downvoting.

What is that karma threshold? The site guidelines seem intentionally vague on this.

500 \o/

Re: Show HN: Akepa – Our HN App

#15

Post by danmaz74 » Thu, May 14, 2015, 5:44 PM UTC

guilamu wrote: post #7

Android?

They lost us...

Re: Show HN: Akepa – Our HN App

#16

Post by taylorling » Thu, May 14, 2015, 5:44 PM UTC

toomuchtodo wrote: post #6

Just attempted to go Pro ($5? Of course! Quality work should be rewarded). As soon as the purchase was complete, the app said it couldn't verify the purchase and to try again at a later time.

Hey,

Thanks for the report! We are going for a quick fix now, something on the validation server :P

Thanks for the support!

Re: Show HN: Akepa – Our HN App

#17

Post by allending » Thu, May 14, 2015, 5:46 PM UTC

minimaxir wrote: post #9

Since the official API ( https://github.com/HackerNews/API ) does not support authentication, how are you collecting and storing auth credentials for login/posting?

We don't store credentials within the app. When you login, we just keep the (long lived) auth cookie provided by HN if login succeeded and reuse it in the future when posting.

Re: Show HN: Akepa – Our HN App

#18

Post by taylorling » Thu, May 14, 2015, 5:46 PM UTC

danmaz74 wrote: post #15

guilamu wrote: post #7

Android?

They lost us...

Trust me (and us), we wanted to make the best HN reading experience on Android devices as well, but we are totally short of hands, therefore iOS for now.

Re: Show HN: Akepa – Our HN App

#19

Post by lobster_johnson » Thu, May 14, 2015, 5:47 PM UTC

Congrats, seems to work pretty well. I can tell you why I won't be switching away from Minihack [1], though.

First, apparently there is no collapsing support. Secondly, and more importantly, that default font. Not a fan. It's super thin, tiny, and you can't adjust the text size. Apparently there are "pro" themes, but you force the user to buy without giving a preview of what you'll be getting. Thirdly, no night mode; Minihack's is really pleasant.

[1] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/minihack-for-hacker-news/id6...

Re: Show HN: Akepa – Our HN App

#20

Post by zolokar » Thu, May 14, 2015, 5:48 PM UTC

jfg wrote: post #3

Just downloaded, seems really polished and looks beautiful. I'm currently a user of http://hn.premii.com , I'd make the switch to your app if you can get the 'yesterday's best' page, and an option to have readability mode on by default. Very promising though, out of interest how long have you spent on the project?

Wow, that's a great looking webapp.