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Re: Show HN: News/YC - HN Reader for iOS

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Post by bennyg »

Okay, so I originally made this app for myself cause I didn't like the UI on other HN readers. In that vein, I probably didn't add some stuff that people would like in a HN client, so I want your opinions on what to include/remove/improve in v1.1 - don't hold back. I personally couldn't stand the design on the other similar apps and I want people to enjoy reading HN on their iPhones/iPods.

And yes, there's an iPad version in the works too!

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And if anybody is wondering, review time was at 5 days for this one.

Re: Show HN: News/YC - HN Reader for iOS

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Post by paulsutter »

Nice, I like it a lot. I tend to read HN on my phone and this could be a real improvement. A few questions:

- How does voting work?

- How do I login?

- How do I get to page 2?

- Returning to the article list may be clearer with a back arrow

- I'd love to see landscape mode

Re: Show HN: News/YC - HN Reader for iOS

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Post by bennyg »

paulsutter wrote: post #3

Nice, I like it a lot. I tend to read HN on my phone and this could be a real improvement. A few questions: - How does voting work? - How do I login? - How do I get to page 2? - Returning to the article list may be clearer with a back arrow - I'd love to see landscape mode

1. Yep working on it right now (landscape mode)

2. Unfortunately I haven't figured out how to get to Page(n) with the api I'm using for this: http://hndroidapi.appspot.com/ - if anyone uses this for their own and knows, hook a brother up! Edit: Also, this API doesn't allow for logging in / upvoting. I'd love to have this in there though. Anybody know any other APIs that allow this consistently?

3. Duly noted.

Thanks for the feedback, I hope you like it. Hopefully in less than a week I can have a solid v1.1 submitted to focus on everybody's issues/complaints.

Re: Show HN: News/YC - HN Reader for iOS

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Post by bennyg »

orionblastar wrote: post #4

There was a Hacker News reader for iOS and then it stopped loading news and gave errors. So I found one called Hacker Node that worked better. Which one of this, I don't see a link to the App Store just an image.

Clickable link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/news-yc/id592893508?ls=1&#38...

Re: Show HN: News/YC - HN Reader for iOS

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Post by h4rrison »

It's pretty good. A few user interface issues:

- The "Go To Comments" and "Return To Stories" buttons aren't styled as buttons, so it's not immediately obvious that they do anything.

- The gray bar at the top underneath the orange should really be transparent I think, it makes the top bar feel very thick and a bit clunky.

- There should be some indication that an article is loading when the UIWebView pops up. Users might not have Wifi, and it could be some time before any part of the page is rendered.

- I think the modal UIWebView should probably rise up past the top navigation bar. When you're reading an article there really isn't much need for it to be there, and every extra pixel is precious on a phone.

Nice app though overall.

Re: Show HN: News/YC - HN Reader for iOS

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Post by bennyg »

h4rrison wrote: post #7

It's pretty good. A few user interface issues: - The "Go To Comments" and "Return To Stories" buttons aren't styled as buttons, so it's not immediately obvious that they do anything. - The gray bar at the top underneath the orange should really be transparent I think, it makes the top bar feel very thick and a bit clunky. - There should be some indication that an article is loading when the UIWebView pops up. Users m…

Thanks for the comments, maybe icons would work better to make it obvious what they do. I'll play with that.
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