An iOS Hacker News client that Doesn't Suck - Now for iPad

https://github.com/newsyc/newsyc

by jermar • 14 years ago

28 10 14 years ago

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jakejake2• 14 years ago

Reading this on news:yc. ;-)

Sembiance• 14 years ago

So am I.

I like it.

Two things on my wish list: 1) A 'Load More' option for the 'Home' stories list 2) A way to edit comments you have made

jakejake2• 14 years ago

+1 on editing comments

Xuzz• 14 years ago

My release announcement is here: http://newsyc.me/onepointtwo.html — I'm happy to answer any questions, as well.

pooriaazimi3• 14 years ago

I bought it just after it was announced for iPad, and used it a few times but stopped afterwards. For me, not having a chronological timeline of submissions (like 'http://www.hckrnews.com/) is a deal breaker.

Rating a comment (not a submission) is also a little hard. It takes a whole second for the controls to appear. A faster animation would be nice.

Don't get me wrong, just like the title says, it's the only iPad client that doesn't suck, and it's a great one. I recommend buying it. But it could be better.

Thanks for taking the time to create this. I know such apps usually don't generate huge revenues...

crcastle• 14 years ago

Interesting to see someone else mention hckrnews.com. http://hckrnews.com is the primary way I consume Hacker News.

pooriaazimi3• 14 years ago

Another idea popped in my mind: I don't know what the api and rules are, but AFAIK, an app could register itself to open, when the user opens a url with a certain prefix (for example, I think Facebook.app opens and displays iTunes' wall when you go to 'facebook://itunes' - I don't use Facebook so I don't know for sure, but I've seen other apps do this).

You can register for 'newsyc://'.

Now, when a user is on, say, 'http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3814563, if s/he opens a simple bookmarklet (which is a 2-line javascript code), s/he'll be redirected to 'newsyc://3814563', and magically your app would open!

pooriaazimi3• 14 years ago

And another suggestion: use inputAccessoryView (http://stackoverflow.com/a/8998216/347353) to add a bar on top of keyboard when posting a comment (for the character asterisk, for italic text)...

d0mine• 14 years ago

It seems like the best-of-breed

But it still lacks basic features such as opening the story without visiting comments or a back button to return to previously viewed threads

E.g., I've lost this thread after opening other stories and only managed to find it again because I've saved previously

fairramone• 14 years ago

Excellent! I love this app. Now if you could only do something about the HN performance issues, the app would be an even greater pleasure to use! Thanks for your hard work.

An iOS Hacker News client that Doesn't Suck - Now for iPad

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