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Hacker News reader for iPhone (new native app)

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Re: Hacker News reader for iPhone (new native app)

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Post by arh »

larrykubin wrote: post #14

Thanks, great job. I often load up the icombinator.net site when lying around the house, but it crashes frequently. One thing I do like about that site is the instapaper link that quickly lets me save a bunch of articles for later. It'd be a nice addition to your app. Are there other HN readers I should be aware of? Anything that makes it easy to browse comment threads on a small screen without a lot of zooming and p…

http://www.kevintom.com/ycnews

Re: Hacker News reader for iPhone (new native app)

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Post by mlLK »

I pretty ignorant when it comes to mobile apps, so please excuse me for asking, why is developing another interface for web-site X such a common phenomena? It seems redundant and unnecessary to create this extra interface and call it an application when a browser would do just fine.

Re: Hacker News reader for iPhone (new native app)

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Post by roryokane »

mlLK wrote: post #34

I pretty ignorant when it comes to mobile apps, so please excuse me for asking, why is developing another interface for web-site X such a common phenomena? It seems redundant and unnecessary to create this extra interface and call it an application when a browser would do just fine.

I don't have a smartphone, so this is a guess. I think that people on mobile devices might find some aspects of the normal interface of a site hard to use on their device, such as accidentally pressing upvote when you meant downvote because they are so close. If there is a mobile version of the site on the web, this can be solved, but usually, the makers of the site don't want to bother making another version. Therefore, it's up to the users of the site to write an app that essentially translates the normal site into the app writer's idea of a mobile version. I suppose this could also be implemented as a website that acts as a proxy for the original site and changes the page before serving it, instead of an app.

Re: Hacker News reader for iPhone (new native app)

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Post by sacrilicious »

jparise wrote: post #33
jbrun wrote: post #30

Please add a feature to Read it Later via Instapaper, very key for me (just bought the app).

Definitely. That's one of my favorite features of http://www.icombinator.net/ .

You'll pardon me if I'm noticing the coincidence between the current down status of icombinator and this submission, I wonder if it's the same developer behind both?

Re: Hacker News reader for iPhone (new native app)

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Post by sacrilicious »

wallflower wrote: post #28
grinich wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Support for Instapaper is something I'm hearing a lot. It's definitely on the list, and something I'd like myself.

Nice job. What are using to parse the source HTML? I like how you got the initial version out there. No commenting, etc. but the start of a decent HN client. Comments are now easy to read (though I would round the borders just a little for a less sharp look) On my scope creep list, I would like a landscape orientation with lock (might be private API though there is a news reader called News Feed Elite that does it).…

I would doubt that's a private API if the Kindle app is utilizing it(a little lock icon appears in the bottom right corner.)

Re: Hacker News reader for iPhone (new native app)

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Post by grinich »

sacrilicious wrote: post #37
jparise wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Definitely. That's one of my favorite features of http://www.icombinator.net/ .

You'll pardon me if I'm noticing the coincidence between the current down status of icombinator and this submission, I wonder if it's the same developer behind both?

Nope. Unrelated.
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