Build it with me: Hacker News Reader App

http://www.nico.im/post/35289091184/build-it-with-me-hacker-news-reader-app

by niico • 14 years ago

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mikeevans• 14 years ago

Images are giving 403 errors for me.

niico2• 14 years ago

Stupid third world image hosting :D FIXED!

SkippyZA• 14 years ago

Choose to go HTML5 + Phonegap and we could possibly talk

speg• 14 years ago

Please don't. This needs to be a slick native experience. It's too bad I'm still cutting my teeth on iOS as this looks like a fun first project!

hcarvalhoalves• 14 years ago

Why every site has to have an App so I can read it nowadays? What's wrong with a site being a site?

jug6ernaut• 14 years ago

For the same reason that anything has a mobile application, because generally they are easier to use. Why browse a website built for a 15" laptop when you can have application with the same relevant information perfectly formatted for my device? Sure you can make a mobile version of the website, and they are step up for sure. But they still do not offer the simplicity and ease of use of a good mobile application can.

niico2• 14 years ago

Because not every site is made for every platform. But also, I enjoy reading HN but leaving to one site and then coming back to HN its a bit of a pain. Also lets not forget every site has a different layout, banners, distractions, etc.

xauronx• 14 years ago

Hmm, I'm kind of interested. Your UI layout looks great. I might play with it at home a bit tonight to see what I can come up with. For future reference, here are some helpful things:

http://www.hnsearch.com/api http://hndroidapi.appspot.com/ https://github.com/glebpopov/Hacker-News-Droid-API

Build it with me: Hacker News Reader App

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