I'm using it right now and I like it a lot.
Instapaper integration is handy, but I'd like to be able to bookmark conversations, so I can go back and see new comments.
news:yc (iPhone HN client) finally accepted into the App Store
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Re: news:yc (iPhone HN client) finally accepted into the App Store
#32Free Vs. Paid (Iphone)HN Access? I dont think its fair for people to Poo-Poo on outcries of making it free. To be fair, HN now is freely accessible, and a part of me cringes at the notion of charging folks for an "iphone-wrapper" (pardon the term) to free HN community content.
Though, it is commendable that great effort has been put forth by the developer/mastermind of the app -- and certainly that should also be rewarded. (cool points for putting it on GitHub)
Perhaps, something in between? Tip Jar; or KickStarter or Ads? I dont know. It would be interesting to see what kind of revenue and overall reception the app and developer gets! (would love to see a 'post-launch' write up)
Re: news:yc (iPhone HN client) finally accepted into the App Store
#33Nice work - just installed it. I would sorta agree with everybody else and say lower the price - $1 or $2 is "dont even think about the price" range whereas atm seems most of the conversation is about the price being high
Edit: thanks for putting the code up. let us all know how this works out in terms of numbers etc. if you can
Re: news:yc (iPhone HN client) finally accepted into the App Store
#34I can read HN on all mobile devices with a web browser. What value does a platform specific app provide?
The HN website works on a phone... but it's hardly where you would want to read it. If you are trying to read the comments, once you're zoomed out enough to see the whole width, the font is usually too tiny to read. And then, to vote on one, you have little tiny buttons that even at the max zoom levels are hard to tap (I've seen quite a few comments apologizing for tapping the wrong arrow on the iPhone). Now, a platf…
I have to say, that http://ihackernews.com/ is pretty snazy! I wonder why people dont just put a "home" icon button thing.
Re: news:yc (iPhone HN client) finally accepted into the App Store
#35This is great. would totally pay for this. and I love love love that you put your source code up. Open source is so cool.
Re: news:yc (iPhone HN client) finally accepted into the App Store
#36Niche product for niche audience therefore keep the price high, if you reduce to 0.99 you will have to sell 4 times as many. As the niche audience has had the source code made available to them they can compile it for themselves if they require!
Re: news:yc (iPhone HN client) finally accepted into the App Store
#37Wow what a lot of complaining. App developers are free to charge what they want and users are free to purchase or not. You would think that the readers of a site as focused on entrepreneurs as HN is, would realize that.
Very few apps in the App Store are also available open source on Github. I'm buying it just because of that and I hope the developer keeps working on it.
Re: news:yc (iPhone HN client) finally accepted into the App Store
#38You should consider taking donations. It'd be a good way for people that can build it themselves to show their appreciation without having to give 30% to Apple.
Re: news:yc (iPhone HN client) finally accepted into the App Store
#39Reading the default HN website from my iPhone sucks (small voting arrows, table layout doesn't degrade gracefully to a small screen, etc.) I'm glad to see that you stepped up to the plate and solved a problem that many of us have experienced. I'm more than happy to shoot you $5 for your solution.
I do UI/UX work and would love to point out a few quirks I've noticed if you're interested. You can find my email in my profile.
By the way, releasing the source code was a classy move!
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