Mac OSX Hacker News Y Combinator Menu Tab

http://www.guidefreitas.com/2012/03/hacker-news-menu-tab.html

by guidefreitas • 14 years ago

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Great Mac OSX Menu tab app to read Hacker News

naturalethic• 14 years ago

1. Get rid of the refresh button and have it auto refresh every 5 minutes.

2. Clear items that have been visited.

3. Add a clear all items item.

4. Show 25 (edit make that 30, same as HN front page) items and make it fit on a Air 11"

se85• 14 years ago

This.

I really like it so far, but this would make it "insanely great"!

edit: The fonts look a bit off compared to the real fonts used in iOS on the iPad for the same menu, but thats a minor thing.

negrit• 14 years ago

Also, add a link to the news on hackernews. For example: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4277901 for this one.

jurre• 14 years ago

https://github.com/guidefreitas/HNewsTab/fork

voltagex_• 14 years ago

I actually think the issues page would be a better first-step

liberatus• 14 years ago

Great idea. I definitely like the use of apple/ios design elements with the tabs/cells.

For me, personally, I'm afraid this kind of thing might go the way of the twitter app. At first really handy, then mostly distracting. =-/ If only I had more will power.

We'll see how long I can keep it up there!

halayli• 14 years ago

Great idea! This can be applied to other services as well. I am just afraid my top menu will become full of icons.

__float• 14 years ago

I'm new to OS X, and in my search of must-have apps I've come across Bartender. With it, one can customize the visibility of these icons.

http://www.macbartender.com/

waterside81• 14 years ago

I can't quite put my finger on it, but I find it hard to do a quick scan of stories. When I'm on the HN site, I can very quickly skim and find stories on the front page that interest me. Maybe it's the narrow width of the table? Can you make that adjustable by dragging the corner?

Otherwise, it's really slick & works perfectly well. Good stuff.

st3fan• 14 years ago

Nominee for the procrastination award!

geon• 14 years ago

I personally find it a bit odd to see the iOS interface on the desktop, but if you want to go with it, you might want to do it properly.

Do the detail disclosure buttons actually any details, or should you have used the disclosure indicator instead?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3078665/whats-the-differe...

cheeaun• 14 years ago

The detail disclosure button shows the comments view.

empire29• 14 years ago

Im trying it out - but share voiced concerns about making the distraction that is HN that much more accessible -- but that's my problem, not yours :)

and the iOS interface does feel a little peculiar..

Either way, great job building a fun app and sharing it with HN!

electic• 14 years ago

Neat idea. Might ruin my entire workday if this came into my desktop. Must. Resist. And. Not. Install.

ajasmin• 14 years ago

The OS X app looks very nice.

Though I'm having difficulties grabbing the scroll bar thumb on that blog. There's an element hovering it. Am I the only one seeing this: http://i.imgur.com/GyJ2z.png

Of course I can use the scroll-wheel or cursor keys...

guidefreitas• 14 years ago

Hey! Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it! I'll start to implement some of those as soon as I can and let you know.

joshontheweb• 14 years ago

pretty cool! I wish it had scroll-to-refresh though.

Mac OSX Hacker News Y Combinator Menu Tab

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