nytonline

Productivity

news reader

SHOW HN2020

8points
5comments
#2,673of 3,028 in 2020
Top 89%of 2020 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.

Execution: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Lack of ads, pop-ups and links keeps news reading focused

    From 2 comments
    • Hi, I'm the author. I was inspired by a post here on HN a few months ago about someone who put today's paper on a giant e-ink display. This link is just a helper redirect to the…
      mawise on HN
    • Thanks! This is really needed in a world of constantly distractedly updated news feeds and doomscrolling. I'll try having this in a tab, F5 once a day. Just to get that feel of…
      da-x on HN

Objections

  • Redirect broke on the current day and sent users to an NYT CDN page

    From 2 comments
    • Is it still working? I tried it and it redirects to an NYT CDN page.
      mooreed on HN
    • Apparently, the site's whole purpose is to redirect to the current day's NYT front page. It didn't work for me either, but yesterday's link works:…
      lioeters on HN

Requests

  • Fall back to the previous day's front page until today's is published

    From 1 comment
    • Apparently, the site's whole purpose is to redirect to the current day's NYT front page. It didn't work for me either, but yesterday's link works:…
      lioeters on HN

Questions

  • Is it still working?

    From 1 comment
    • Is it still working? I tried it and it redirects to an NYT CDN page.
      mooreed on HN

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