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by harisamin • 12 years ago

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wickedOne• 12 years ago

there's somewhat of an issue going on with your site: all slide overlays are showing when using firefox, safari only shows half slides and chrome isn't able to load the website at all…

harisamin6• 12 years ago

Wow definitely didn’t test the site in firefox or safari and its definitely messed up there. It’s working on chrome for me though…hmm

harisamin6• 12 years ago

ok fixed the slides thanks for reporting that :)

austenito• 12 years ago

I love the design! Great job!

ribeto• 12 years ago

It’s so nice to have a functional hacker news mac app

elanmiller• 12 years ago

agreed!

trymas• 12 years ago

IMHO, you cannot charge 5$ for, what I would call, "a dedicated HN browser".

Do people charge 5$ for reddit clients?

BTW, in your webpage, slides are broken.

Hates_• 12 years ago

AlienBlue was a paid purchase until it was acquired by Reddit. I believe they'll soon start charging for the Pro version at some point in the near future again.

harisamin6• 12 years ago

So I priced it according to other clients that I’ve seen in the MAS which were a buck or two cheaper with no actual client capabilities (login/voting/posting etc).

Other than the readable article here everything is native. Really was scratching my own itch.

Also thanks for reporting the slideshow on the site. That’s fixed now :)

chaghalibaghali• 12 years ago

For an app that a lot of people here would use every day, $5 really isn't that much if it offers them usability or aesthetic benefits versus the website.

fishnchips• 12 years ago

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. IMHO the app's layout needs more work before I'd consider buying it for aesthetic benefits.

debaserab2• 12 years ago

There's s lot of aesthetic issues going on with this app though. Awkward line height, lack of margins, etc. it does not look more readable than the normal HN to me.

Retra• 12 years ago

IMHO, a programmer's time is valuable, and $5 is not enough of a fee to object to.

SalimoS2• 12 years ago

it's so (Github for windows/metre apps) style :S

raquelh• 12 years ago

Pretty awesome app! I always wanted a hacker news dedicated mac client! I love that you can read, share, comment and vote. Also the real time extension is great!

SalimoS2• 12 years ago

It's so Github for windows[0] style

[0] https://windows.github.com/

omaranto• 12 years ago

I'd suggest sticking "Mac only" somewhere in the submission title, to save a lot of people a little bit of time.

makzan• 12 years ago

Agree the title should indicate this is for a Mac.

kolev• 12 years ago

I still find Hacky [0] better, although it's been abandoned for a while.

[0] http://www.hackyapp.com/

rebelshrug• 12 years ago

Great job!

When will comment voting be implemented?

Also, in comments - would be great if links were clickable, and if the user could highlight and copy text.

harisamin6• 12 years ago

Definitely in the works. Will submit an update soon to address those issues. Thanks for your feedback :)

thomasfl• 12 years ago

Great design. Especially the use of icons that's lacking in most other HN clients.

Normally is simply use Google Chrome with this extension that makes HN looks pretty http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/hn-special/

I can also recommend this alternative site http://hn.premii.com/

nicoritschel• 12 years ago

Ooh that's nice

davis_m• 12 years ago

Is it just me, or do a number of these comments seem... manufactured? Almost all of the positive comments come from accounts with < 10 karma.

Just from reading the comments, I was expecting a nice looking app. However, when I actually saw the screenshots I was greatly disappointed. Nonexistent margins, line height issues, and more make for a client that is worse than the original HN.

Then, to learn that it isn't even feature complete (no comment voting) and the author is charging $5?

harisamin6• 12 years ago

Comment voting is on the way. Screenshots on app store are better than the site. But agreed there are some issues, App Store submissions are a pain but just wanted to get this out. Will be updating it rest assured :)

rgbrgb• 12 years ago

At width 1000px to 1200px, "Secure Login via Keychain Access!" overlaps the graphic.

xasos• 12 years ago

This looks awesome! Premii's HN client[1] is probably my favorite so far.

[1] http://hn.premii.com/

math0ne• 12 years ago

Way too much whitespace bro...

Cyclenerd• 12 years ago

The app looks great. I think the name is not that great. Macker means in German "old man" or "boy friend" (http://www.dict.cc/?s=macker). So I (as German) had to smile a little with the combination.

harisamin6• 12 years ago

Lol. That's hilarious. My puns get me in trouble :)

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