Oh no, HN is being promoted on Mashable..
Bunker down, my friend.
It's not even September!
Better Ways to Read "Hacker News"
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#12I like the hacker news android app, which is the app I use the most. Since I don't talk on the phone much, it's arguable that I spend $1500 a year just to read hacker news on the go...
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#13They forgot twitter special accounts: http://twitter.com/newsyc150 http://twitter.com/newsyc100 http://twitter.com/newsyc50 and http://twitter.com/newsyc20
There is also cperciva's http://www.daemonology.net/hn-daily/
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#14You could also give my Hacker News OnePage extension for Chrome a try (It's also a greasemonkey script for Firefox). It's what I use everyday and I like it, someone else might too :)
http://tdupree.com/extensions/
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#15Really, calling out a site as ugly via one packed top to bottom with a ridiculous zoo of disjointed elements: http://i.imgur.com/0SUYk.png HN is the pinnacle of beauty compared to that mess. Boy, I sound offended, but I'm just struck by the obliviousness of the author.
online journalism today: http://i.imgur.com/HDQxM.jpg
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Bunker down, my friend.
It's not even September!
background for those scratching their heads (a friend just asked me what this comment was about):
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#17Re: Better Ways to Read "Hacker News"
#18Really, calling out a site as ugly via one packed top to bottom with a ridiculous zoo of disjointed elements: http://i.imgur.com/0SUYk.png HN is the pinnacle of beauty compared to that mess. Boy, I sound offended, but I'm just struck by the obliviousness of the author.
The site is actually quite clean with ad-block installed. I had to go back and double check to see what you were talking about! http://imgur.com/jDtjS.png
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#19Can someone give me a Hacker News that is based on the last time I saw the home page? So if I haven't been around in a week, it shows me the top articles of the last week, but if I was around one hour ago, it focuses on what happened since then?
Imagine I have been out the week of Thanksgiving. What did I miss? A site should be smart enough to adapt the top stories to my rythmn. Store a cookie.
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#20Can someone give me a Hacker News that is based on the last time I saw the home page? So if I haven't been around in a week, it shows me the top articles of the last week, but if I was around one hour ago, it focuses on what happened since then? Imagine I have been out the week of Thanksgiving. What did I miss? A site should be smart enough to adapt the top stories to my rythmn. Store a cookie.
Well, it's not automatic, but http://hckrnews.com/ does have that functionality, since that's why I built it. I do store and highlight the last visit time, which is useful for visits of a day or less. For a longer timespan, filter down (top 10 or top 20), then "Get Next Day" lets you page back through days you've missed.
It's an interesting idea to make it adaptive, but I see a number of challenges. For example, you want just the highlights if you've been gone for a while, but perhaps someone else wants to scan through everything? Then there are the UI challenges -- making it obvious what is happening (and being able to change the default behavior) could be a challenge.