Show HN: Fast Hacker News app for the addicted ones

https://hackrnews-dj.netlify.app

by D_Joni • 4 years ago

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hackrnews-dj.netlify.app

D_Joni3• 4 years ago

Hello HN people! Author here :)

I' ve just finished upgrading the Hacker News reading app that I made sometime earlier.

I added some new features to it, which include: - the ability to bookmark any story or comment, which you can read later, and it shows you which comments are new (that you did not see or read earlier); - the ability to search through comments, and find the one that you are interested in; - the ability to reply to comments (but you must be logged in at original news.ycombinator.com website to do so).

The app is using offical HN API to get the data, and it's client side rendered. The technologies used for making this web app are: React (Router, Redux) and vanilla CSS. Hoping you will enjoy using it as I am. Let me know what you think about it in the comments.

Thanks!

Markoff2• 4 years ago

can't you bookmark the story through Saved on website?

can't you reply to comments through website?

so only benefit is highlighting new comments and searching through comments?

D_Joni3• 4 years ago

- Yes, you can bookmark the story through favourites on official website, but you can not bookmark one comment, which also pulls all of its replies.

Let's say that you comment on some story that has over 500 comments, and sometime later you want to see if someone replied to your comment. In the original website you'll have to scroll all the way down to find your comment and see the eventual replies. In this app you can do this much more faster because you can bookmark your comment, and then later see if someone replied to you.

I would say that one other benefit is that you can choose between two UI's (classic and modern - which is a bit more readable), and both of them have dark and light themes.

kactus• 4 years ago

Digging the logo! I really think it needs to be clickable to go home though.

D_Joni3• 4 years ago

Thanks for your feedback! Yes, you are right, I just made it to be clickable, and it does make more sense like this :) I designed and made this logo some while ago - glad you like it!

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