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Show HN: A free HN iPhone/iPad app I launched a few months ago

#1
I actually started it June 2011 to learn iOS, launched it in September, and have been steadily adding features and making improvements.

It's something I use every day and I hope other people find it useful. Enjoy!

Show HN: A free HN iPhone/iPad app I launched a few months ago
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Re: Show HN: A free HN iPhone/iPad app I launched a few months ago

#2
Yes, I like it and I use it. Thank you for the app.

I wanted to ask, though, did you know that "upvote" and "save a story for later" means same thing on HN? What was the reason for adding "star" button in your app? Couldn't you use this instead http://news.ycombinator.com/saved?id=marketer and have just the "upvote" button?

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Yes, I like it and I use it. Thank you for the app. I wanted to ask, though, did you know that "upvote" and "save a story for later" means same thing on HN? What was the reason for adding "star" button in your app? Couldn't you use this instead http://news.ycombinator.com/saved?id=marketer and have just the "upvote" button?

That's a great idea, thanks. Right now the 'star' button just creates a local bookmark, but if you're logged in, it should also send an upvote.

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Why is it free?

This type of app is not particularly monetizable. Most people would use the actual website instead of paying $0.99 cents for an app. Plus, it was a fun project to learn iOS and it costs me very little to host or maintain.

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Why is it free?

This type of app is not particularly monetizable. Most people would use the actual website instead of paying $0.99 cents for an app. Plus, it was a fun project to learn iOS and it costs me very little to host or maintain.

How hard was it to interface with HN? Do they provide an API to work with?

Reddit has a very nice API, one of the killer features is that if you take any reddit page and add ".json" to the address it'll spit out pure json at you.

For example: http://www.reddit.com/r/all becomes: http://www.reddit.com/r/all.json

Re: Show HN: A free HN iPhone/iPad app I launched a few months ago

#9
I've been using it for a while and love it. Thanks for the back button. Is it possible to integrate the Reader function of Safari in iOS or is that only possible within Safari? Also, I would pay for this especially given the other attempts at the same app.
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