Scroll Reddit
Consumer and social
reddit client
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
18 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 8 mixed, 6 critical, out of 44 comments about the project. Thread score +0.25.
Design: 7 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 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, usable UI that makes browsing faster
From 4 comments
This is really useful and well presented. Two things: 1. The flying boxes effect is cool at first, but it's annoying when you are trying to look at the articles near the source…
canadaduane on HNGood size on the posts - large enough to read on 13" screen. Would like to see it centered (not sure if you are leaving the right margin for future ads) Link to the comments? You…
designsourced on HNI love it. This is one of the few Show HN posts I might actually use. (Not to say other stuff is bad... I'm just not an early adopter)
purplefruit on HNYou know what I have been doing the last hour? Scrolling Reddit :P I got to say, it's really a nice experience... Good work!
alvivar on HN
Works well on iPad and tablets
From 1 comment
Works very well on my iPad. Well done!
antimora on HN
Good for picture subreddits
From 2 comments
Good examples of the power of the UI: http://www.scrolldit.com/?r=listentothis http://www.scrolldit.com/?r=itookapicture
JonathanBouman on HNit's a great UI for pictures. PS: that desert/pool one is mine ;)
user24 on HN
Objections
Flying box animation is distracting and obscures content
From 3 comments
This is really useful and well presented. Two things: 1. The flying boxes effect is cool at first, but it's annoying when you are trying to look at the articles near the source…
canadaduane on HNAbsolutely good job! But like canadaduane said, the flying boxes effect could be annoying when scrolling down the page; and, on the other hand, your design fits imageboards (like…
wecing on HNWithout the flying windows, it'd be good. Reminds me of http://news.peepcode.com/ a bit which might also interest folks. It's made up of Geoffrey's Twitter friends' links as…
petercooper on HN
Votes hidden by default make popularity hard to see
From 1 comment
This is really useful and well presented. Two things: 1. The flying boxes effect is cool at first, but it's annoying when you are trying to look at the articles near the source…
canadaduane on HN
Page slows down with lots of content
From 1 comment
Ok, may have scrolled on this page forever. When the page gets lots of content it gets slow. Could you remove the DOM elements at the top as you scroll?
waratuman on HN
Requests
Pause button or toggle for auto-updating
From 2 comments
Great job. Needs a "pause" button IMO.
hernan7 on HNloved for the few seconds before auto update kicked in. remove that or add a toggle. or maybe update when i reach the top.
gcb on HN
Show vote counts by default
From 1 comment
This is really useful and well presented. Two things: 1. The flying boxes effect is cool at first, but it's annoying when you are trying to look at the articles near the source…
canadaduane on HN
Video play on hover
From 1 comment
They need to start video on hover.
rokhayakebe on HN
Questions
How the grid layout is built
From 1 comment
What did you use to get that grid system that adapts to the screen width dynamically? Any links to a tut on that?
brador on HN
Copyright status of showing Reddit content with ads
From 1 comment
Whats the copyright situation around Reddit posts? Is putting ads on Reddit content allowed?
brador on HN
Alternatives named
reddpics.com
From 2 comments
See also http://www.reddpics.com
levesque on HNI love these -- http://reddpics.com is similar, and I love seeing different takes on a client representations of reddit. I made http://imgist.com in the same vein -- it's a…
goo on HN
panoptikos.com
From 1 comment
relevant: http://panoptikos.com
zalew on HN
news.peepcode.com
From 1 comment
Without the flying windows, it'd be good. Reminds me of http://news.peepcode.com/ a bit which might also interest folks. It's made up of Geoffrey's Twitter friends' links as…
petercooper on HN
canv.as
From 1 comment
I like it! The fixed-width column format ( http://canv.as uses it too) works really well for small chunks of random content.
lwat on HN