My first personal app
Consumer and social
hacker news client
SHOW HN2012
107points
68comments
#199of 1,677 in 2012
Top 12%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
10 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 35 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Design: 4 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstIdea: 2 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.
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean UI and good iPad version
From 3 comments
Happily purchased! I love what you did with the icon; it looks great. I'm using it on the ipad now; it's a great UI, I like how you made and used a cascading UI for it. My only…
alexobenauer on HNLooks great, especially the iPad version.
scottmkroberts on HNThis is the best HN iPad app for sure - nice work! I like the news:yc iPhone app although though, so not sure I'll switch. One thing I'd like in a HN app is a "night mode", the…
nixarn on HN
Icon looks great
From 1 comment
Happily purchased! I love what you did with the icon; it looks great. I'm using it on the ipad now; it's a great UI, I like how you made and used a cascading UI for it. My only…
alexobenauer on HN
Objections
No commenting or voting yet
From 2 comments
Just bought this and I'm not seeing any way to leave a comment. Am I missing something? The discussions in the comments are the most important part of Hacker News IMO.
clarky07 on HNHi! Cool app. Excited for when it can leave comments and votes! Looks like your Path menu at the bottom of articles isn't great when you spam it - I can frequently get just the…
peterhajas on HN
No login to see submissions and comments
From 1 comment
Can we login to see our submissions and comments?
shawndumas on HN
Requests
Chronological front page ordering
From 2 comments
I have a few of these HN clients, but never use them, because I love chronological front page. If you could add a chronological ordering of the front page (like…
pooriaazimi on HNYes, that would be great (+ chronological front page, which is the deciding factor for me).
pooriaazimi on HN
Pocket and Readability support
From 3 comments
This looks great - any chance of adding Pocket (formerly Read it Later) support though?
rjsamson on HNit would be cool if you implement a readability support :)
nicolasd on HN+1 for this request
joeconway on HN
Night mode
From 1 comment
This is the best HN iPad app for sure - nice work! I like the news:yc iPhone app although though, so not sure I'll switch. One thing I'd like in a HN app is a "night mode", the…
nixarn on HN
Android version
From 2 comments
Cool, looking for an Android version! ^^
m0skit0 on HNVery cool! Now make an application for android too, because all that there are horrific both in design and implementation
HugoDias on HN
Questions
Does the app block or overlay Forbes ads?
From 1 comment
I work at Forbes, so it was cool to see our article page in the screenshot. However I noticed the app appears to be blocking Forbes ads and overlaying its own. I'm perhaps biased…
taylorbuley on HN
Is there a bookmark tagging option?
From 1 comment
Is there a bookmark option? If you can let me bookmark and tag or group them, I'll buy it instantly!
salimmadjd on HN
Alternatives named
news:yc
From 2 comments
There is news:yc that supports comments http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/news-yc/id434787119?mt=8&uo=4
d0mine on HNLooks great. I currently use news:yc app for HN but don't love it. I am constantly confused on which icon to use to comment. Might give yours a shot soon!
ZanderEarth32 on HN
Instapaper
From 1 comment
Give Marco Arment a bit Instapaper love!
ralfd on HN
newsyc.me
From 1 comment
Looks pretty good. I'm a big fan of http://newsyc.me/ and use it every day on my iPad and iPhone, I'll give yours a shot too.
jcurbo on HN
cheeaun's hnmobile web app
From 1 comment
The comments UI is the deciding factor for me as well. So far, the best implementation of this I have come across is cheeaun's Hacker News mobile web app:…
saadmalik01 on HN
hckrnews.com
From 1 comment
I have a few of these HN clients, but never use them, because I love chronological front page. If you could add a chronological ordering of the front page (like…
pooriaazimi on HN