HNReader
Consumer and social
hacker news client
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
6 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 9 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score -0.04.
Design: 3 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 2 againstIdea: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 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
Clean, lightweight native look compared to electron apps.
From 3 comments
Really nice to see "native" and not electron :). Very clean looking. One suggestion would be to do thumbnails like Octal on iOS, but that may just be a personal preference. I'll…
salmo on HNThis is a macOS Hacker News reader, lightweight and clean. I would love to hear your opinions on this!
mattrighetti on HNNice! It looks good, I’ll try it for a while.
kergonath on HN
Objections
Shows fewer HN topics at once than the web interface.
From 1 comment
My first thought is that I can only see a handful of HN topics at a time, versus 30 via the standard web interface. So, to me... in its current state this app would be a large…
JohnBooty on HN
Only a basic reader with no past or search features yet.
From 3 comments
I don't think it's strictly true that you only get one shot but agreed this app is too early in its development to receive meaningful feedback and the author should probably come…
pvg on HNI have the same issue with every HN app: no “past” support, or insufficient past support. That’s the way I’m mainly browsing HN.
mrehler on HNLooks great! Does this have a search button?
shajid on HN
Requires macOS 11 and does not run on 10.14.
From 1 comment
Doesn't run on 10.14, requires 11.0 or newer :(
grishka on HN
Requests
Add past-posts support.
From 1 comment
I have the same issue with every HN app: no “past” support, or insufficient past support. That’s the way I’m mainly browsing HN.
mrehler on HN
Add search.
From 1 comment
Looks great! Does this have a search button?
shajid on HN
Publish source code.
From 2 comments
Code should ideally be on github as source code files, not inside a binary archive.
sgt on HNLooks neat. I don’t see any source code in the repository though?
codetrotter on HN
Add thumbnails.
From 1 comment
Really nice to see "native" and not electron :). Very clean looking. One suggestion would be to do thumbnails like Octal on iOS, but that may just be a personal preference. I'll…
salmo on HN
Questions
Why build it for macOS?
From 1 comment
Why macOS?
imNotTheProb on HN
What does it offer beyond the browser?
From 1 comment
So what does this offer beyond just using a web browser?
beervirus on HN
Alternatives named
The Hacker News web interface.
From 2 comments
My first thought is that I can only see a handful of HN topics at a time, versus 30 via the standard web interface. So, to me... in its current state this app would be a large…
JohnBooty on HNI think the browser HN UI is so good that it’s difficult to switch to anything else even though I appreciate the effort that goes into building something like this.
systemvoltage on HN
Other HN apps such as yahni.
From 1 comment
I also made a HN reader app with dark mode and it's open sourced at https://github.com/boberbober/yahni You can use it at https://yahni.news
marshallbananas on HN