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Re: Read your Hacker News in Tile Style

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Post by chimeracoder » Fri, Jan 04, 2013, 9:09 PM UTC

guiambros wrote: post #38

yitchelle wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't mind that the dude is charging $1.49 for his efforts, but the code should be open sourced!

Would you do something with it, if it was open source? I can't understand people begging to have everything open sourced, but unwilling to dedicate time to write a single line of code (or patches, or testing, or documentation). Yes, it's okay for developers to invest their own time to develop something, and try to recover their costs by selling it. And it's also ok if they decide to keep it closed source, because pro…

> Yes, it's okay for developers to invest their own time to develop something, and try to recover their costs by selling it. And it's also ok if they decide to keep it closed source, because probably no one would bother to help. Just vote with your money.

If really nobody is interested in helping develop for it, I doubt many people would be willing to go out of their way to compile it from source to avoid paying for it too.

As you yourself demonstrate, making money off of your development and making that same project open source aren't mutually exclusive - so why not make it open source?

Re: Read your Hacker News in Tile Style

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Post by gknoy » Fri, Jan 04, 2013, 9:16 PM UTC

rckrd wrote: post #21

Just from a UX perspective, I wonder what seems like a more natural ordering: [ 1 2 ] [ 3 4 ] Is more natural to read than: [ 1 3 ] [ 2 4 ] I would think that since we read from left to right and then down, that the standard matrix ordering row, then column, might be more preferable. Yet, horizontal scroll plays a larger role in metro, so this might not be a bad idea. I'd love to hear from someone who knows anything…

Given the way most things in Windows 8 scroll sideways rather than vertically (at least in the tile-based UI things like the store, or Netflix), having things ordered in columns rather than rows will be a more intuitive ordering of stories than orienting them in rows.

On a side note, I was dismayed to notice that the "App website" link led to Quixby's "coming soon" screen, which is probably not terribly helpful for users who might want to know more. However, this is fairly well mitigated by the excellent selection of screenshots showing different use cases. The only question I couldn't answer from reading the in-store details was whether it would allow me to log in and up-vote stories and comments, since I consider that an integral part of my usage of HN.

Re: Read your Hacker News in Tile Style

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Post by johnsea » Fri, Jan 04, 2013, 9:19 PM UTC

negrit wrote: post #44

johnsea wrote: post #42

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Why should Quixby be allowed to scalp the content for FREE?

Nice try friday troll !

Don't know why you wrote this (two times). Probably too oldfashioned I am, but at least you seem to be ok (http://portfotolio.net/t0t0_). Bonne soirée!

Re: Read your Hacker News in Tile Style

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Post by gknoy » Fri, Jan 04, 2013, 9:21 PM UTC

johnsea wrote: post #41

jeremyarussell wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why exactly should it be free and open source? Because last time I checked hacker news isn't specifically free or open source, it's news for hackers, and it's parent company (ycombinator) tailors itself to startups and investors. Both of which want to make money, so I'm not really getting how you came to your conclusion. I for one don't mind paying $1.49 for an app, I just spent 5 dollars on coffee...

I can't give a real argument. It would be more out of respect to the content which originates from other people and quite often deals in topic which are open/free. But 1.49 is not much and if it helps the dev...

I agree somewhat with you, though. If the app were free, I'd install it in a heartbeat. I'd wish there were a way to select it now for installation on my home machine before I get home, if that were possible.

With a price on it, I suddenly have to go through the hassle of attaching a payment method to my Windows Store account (something which I've been EXTREMELY hesitant to do). It's enough of a barrier to entry that I am likely to fob it off as something to do Later (as I can read HN quite well in my browser), rather than go through that added hurdle.

If I already had payment info entered for my Store account, that barrier to me buying it would be much lower: rather than having to consider both the time and money investment, I'd only have to say "Eh, it's a buck fifty", and would be much more likely to buy it. As it is, my interest has waned from "I must install this yesterday" to "I'll have to think about it".

Re: Read your Hacker News in Tile Style

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Post by jonchris » Fri, Jan 04, 2013, 9:23 PM UTC

pretty cool product and I would love to try it out.

would suggest you to add more categories on top. to make your life easier, I can contribute to it by providing RSS feed from http://www.hnbuzz.com/. let me know if that sounds good to you.

good luck!

Re: Read your Hacker News in Tile Style

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Post by jonchris » Fri, Jan 04, 2013, 9:35 PM UTC

jeremyarussell wrote: post #27

johnsea wrote: post #17

US $ 1.49 to access Hacker News content through an app?! This should be open source and free.

Why exactly should it be free and open source? Because last time I checked hacker news isn't specifically free or open source, it's news for hackers, and it's parent company (ycombinator) tailors itself to startups and investors. Both of which want to make money, so I'm not really getting how you came to your conclusion. I for one don't mind paying $1.49 for an app, I just spent 5 dollars on coffee...

agree

Re: Read your Hacker News in Tile Style

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Post by heyitsnick » Fri, Jan 04, 2013, 9:59 PM UTC

cryowaffle wrote: post #33

heyitsnick wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why?

Because yitchelle wants it free. We bait so many flamewars around here on questions we already know the answer to.

I'm asking why should it be open source, not why does yitchelle want it open source. I'm was actually asking genuinely, perhaps there was a reason yitchelle felt there was a moral reason it should be open source.

Perhaps I misinterpreted yitchelle's comment, I read should in the absolute sense of 'it's morally correct', not in the jovial 'i'd like to chcek out the source!'. But i certainly wasn't baiting any flamewar.