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The last progressive web thread on HN mentioned this app for HN: https://cheeaun.github.io/hackerweb/ and I love it. Does anyone know of something similar for Reddit?
If you're looking for a mobile webapp for reddit, they have https://m.reddit.com/
With the purchase of AlienBlue over a year ago, I had high expectations for an official Reddit app. Seeing how hyped Jase (the developer behind AlienBlue) was about this app, I was expecting a less buggy version of AB with more features. Instead, what we got was a reddit app with less features. Here are my main issues with it: 1. No moderator support. With AlienBlue, we could read all of the Mod Mail, and remove post…
I agree with a lot of your points, especially comment flair and swiping gestures (I used the quick swipe left to collapse comment threads 100s of times a day). I'm not a mod so I never used those features of Alien Blue. However, I like the organization of the app more. Pictures are automatically displayed in the feed and require no clicks (gif/gyf support is badly needed, though), it has infinite scrolling, and there…
Same, though I found the "skip to next parent" button on the lower right was a good substitute.
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I agree with a lot of your points, especially comment flair and swiping gestures (I used the quick swipe left to collapse comment threads 100s of times a day). I'm not a mod so I never used those features of Alien Blue. However, I like the organization of the app more. Pictures are automatically displayed in the feed and require no clicks (gif/gyf support is badly needed, though), it has infinite scrolling, and there…
Haven't installed it yet--but are you saying that photos show full size in the feed vs. just a thumbnail requiring a click? Sounds like new ad formats are on the way...
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This new app got released minutes ago. It's not going to be perfect out of the gate. Give it some time.
Why not make AlienBlue the official reddit app? They bought it! This is a very strange course of action. This is one of "Things You Should Never Do" http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html
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The problem is no one really uses apps anymore. Especially to view a website when you already have a mobile app that does that for you (your browser). This feature is 3 years too late in my mind to be a needle mover.
>The problem is no one really uses apps anymore. This is an absurd comment. Even some of the various unofficial reddit apps have 5-10 million of downloads each. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andrewshu.... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.onelouder....
[1] http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/mobile/most-people-download-zero...
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They can shut it down by changing the reddit API so it no longer works, thus forcing users to switch to the new app.
If they do that, they would break every 3rd party reddit app, which reddit said they wouldn't do. Of course, that doesn't mean their position will change in the future.
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Why not make AlienBlue the official reddit app? They bought it! This is a very strange course of action. This is one of "Things You Should Never Do" http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html
Well it was the official app before this one. Considering how good AB is I think there's some technical reason to redo the app. Who knows.