Hacker News for iPhone ($3) app is insanely great

#1

Post by pclark » Thu, Jul 01, 2010, 8:43 AM UTC

Hacker News for iPhone ($3) app is insanely great
michaelgrinich.com

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#2

Post by Sujan » Thu, Jul 01, 2010, 10:02 AM UTC

Feedback to the owner: The screenshots are displayed behind the flash movie. As this is a jquery fancybox I would propose you just visibility:hidden the flash movie when someone clicks a screenshot (there are hooks in fancybox to use) and make it visible again on close of the fancybox (also a hook for this).

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#3

Post by nreece » Thu, Jul 01, 2010, 10:12 AM UTC

One suggestion: make Readability the default option for the articles, with a link to the original article.

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#4

Post by allend » Thu, Jul 01, 2010, 10:15 AM UTC

Suggestion: make the video on the website usable on the device the software is meant for, or just put up a bunch of screenshots.

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#5

Post by jeb » Thu, Jul 01, 2010, 10:20 AM UTC

I spent like 3 minutes waiting for the video demo person to type some long comment, so I could see the rest of the app.

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Post by veemjeem » Thu, Jul 01, 2010, 10:22 AM UTC

jeb wrote: post #5

I spent like 3 minutes waiting for the video demo person to type some long comment, so I could see the rest of the app.

Hah same here. He should have just stopped typing after "Wow."

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Post by waffenklang » Thu, Jul 01, 2010, 10:29 AM UTC

Well and why should I get this app?

HN is a really lightweight webpage, which looks good even on mobile browsers. The app navigation is similiar to the browser nav and even commenting is similiar as within browser. so why spend $3 to have a bookmark of HN?

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Post by steve19 » Thu, Jul 01, 2010, 10:34 AM UTC

nreece wrote: post #3

One suggestion: make Readability the default option for the articles, with a link to the original article.

I would probably buy the app if it was the default.

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Post by pavlov » Thu, Jul 01, 2010, 10:38 AM UTC

Insanely great? These Jobsian adjectives have suffered an inflation of Zimbabwean proportions.

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#10

Post by bensummers » Thu, Jul 01, 2010, 10:39 AM UTC

nreece wrote: post #3

One suggestion: make Readability the default option for the articles, with a link to the original article.

Or even better, run it through Google's mobile formatter and add a stylesheet, so you download the article quicker.

http://www.google.com/gwt/x?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ycombinator....