Why "Boreal"?
Show HN: Boreal – A New iOS Client for Hacker News
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#42This looks really nice. It'd be cool if you added the 1Password extension to make it easier to log into HN!
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#43This is great! It's rather suprising why an all-round HN app app isn't available in the App Store. What does the up arrow in the top right of comments section supposed to do? P.S. I also got the same error as jamescostian when trying to comment from the app.
The button is to uproot the post. In the next version we will add a button to uproot directly from the feed
upvote
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#44Is there any way to mark articles as read so that they don't occupy the screen any more?
No, but each article you read automatically is archived in "Viewed" section for an easy access. Btw, thanks by your feedback. We will add a switch in the 1.1 version (coming in a few days) to auto-delete the viewed posts from your main feed and archive them in your viewed tab only :)
That'd be great! Looking forward to it.
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#45The app looks great, though have a few comments:
* It doesn't feel like HackersNews. I think you should follow some of the elements from the web app (Orange colour, HN logo etc)
* I wasn't comfortable providing login credentials. How are you handling login / storing my details?
* I'd like to see more posts per page. Feels harder to scan read the posts than on the current HN site
* Filter in top right looks like a location / near me icon. Didn't expect it to display filter options
* How do I see my profile? I'm logged in, but no indication that I am
* Having to click on comments to see 'no comments' feels odd
* The number of upvotes / comments per post is important, feels very buried (couldn't find upvotes)
Re: Show HN: Boreal – A New iOS Client for Hacker News
#46Is there a collection of all the different HN clients out there? A HN example seems to have become as common as a hello world example among javascript frontend libs.
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#47Nicely done. Earlier this year I launched a Mac HN client because i wanted a better desktop client experience http://mackernews.com Will check out your app :)
I was interested in something like that. How is going the app? can you share some insight ?
its going ok, not flying off the shelves but seems to be working well and ppl that have bought it seem to like it :)
Re: Show HN: Boreal – A New iOS Client for Hacker News
#48Why "Boreal"?
why not?
The decision was taken in relation to our colour palette and the look and feel of the login (there is a beautiful video transition of Ibiza by night)
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#49This looks really nice. It'd be cool if you added the 1Password extension to make it easier to log into HN!
Thanks! Sure, we will include 1Password support for login into the next version coming in about a week :)
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks for your feedback. We are including some of this in our next version. So stay tuned!
Cool. Forgot one: Collapsing of comments. The client you need to beat, really, is MiniHack [1]. [1] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/minihack-for-hacker-news-sim...
Sure! Thanks for your feedback btw.
In the next version (1.1) coming in about a week we will include:
-Clear upvotes and comments number from the main feed -Quick access to comments from the main feed -Quick upvoting for posts from the main feed -Switch to auto-delete posts viewed and only show them in the "Viewed" tab -Collapse comments -LogIn improvements -Commenting and posting bug corrected -Follow users to receive push notifications when they post something