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Re: Show HN: I Designed this HN Mac App – Should I develop it?

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If you do, please make it configurable to be a normal app as well as a menu bar app. I don't like menu bar apps that do not actually need to display some sort of persistent notification or control, and there may be others who feel the same way. Also, we generally shy from "yes" and "love it" type replies here; you can probably assume that 1 upvote = 1 yes.

Thanks for the input. I'll definitely consider that. Shouldn't be too hard.

Re: Show HN: I Designed this HN Mac App – Should I develop it?

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post #12

Looks nice but I don't think I would ever use something like this. 70% of the time I'm on a browser so I prefer to just come to the website. A good app for iPad would be good since tapping the tiny HN links on there is terrible.

I can see where you're coming from. I've had that feeling myself (still kind of have it). Think it will change if I develop this app though :-).

I'm a bit tired of tapping between browser screens and always going into HN. I'm too much of an addict for those extra steps :-).

Re: Show HN: I Designed this HN Mac App – Should I develop it?

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post #12

Looks nice but I don't think I would ever use something like this. 70% of the time I'm on a browser so I prefer to just come to the website. A good app for iPad would be good since tapping the tiny HN links on there is terrible.

There's a decent iPhone/iPad app called news:yc in the App Store already.

Re: Show HN: I Designed this HN Mac App – Should I develop it?

#18

I don't think you're going to get many nays on here, we like HN and that app looks slick. I just think it a tad redundant since browsers/website are pretty much native...

I've been thinking about that as well. We'll see if it's the case.

Think the app could be really nice though and save me some time when I feed my HN addiction. I always find myself opening 5-7 tabs each time I go into HN. Then I have to navigate between them, close the ones I haven't read and such. Can become tedious.

With this app, I'll also have a constant overview of how much of the frontpage I haven't read :-).

Re: Show HN: I Designed this HN Mac App – Should I develop it?

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post #10

If you do, please make it configurable to be a normal app as well as a menu bar app. I don't like menu bar apps that do not actually need to display some sort of persistent notification or control, and there may be others who feel the same way. Also, we generally shy from "yes" and "love it" type replies here; you can probably assume that 1 upvote = 1 yes.

Thanks for the input. I'll definitely consider that. Shouldn't be too hard.

There is a ready component (http://www.cocoacontrols.com/platforms/mac-os-x/controls/obm...) that you can use to create a menu bar application which can be dragged out to be a regular window. Just remember to keep states and stuff.

Re: Show HN: I Designed this HN Mac App – Should I develop it?

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post #17
post #12

Looks nice but I don't think I would ever use something like this. 70% of the time I'm on a browser so I prefer to just come to the website. A good app for iPad would be good since tapping the tiny HN links on there is terrible.

There's a decent iPhone/iPad app called news:yc in the App Store already.

Seems useful.

Not too pretty though :-).

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