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These other features you've added are good. But years after I started using HN, I still accidentally downvote when I want to upvote because the mobile experienc

These other features you've added are good. But years after I started using HN, I still accidentally downvote when I want to upvote because the mobile experience is...well, you know. You all probably often use HN on a mobile device. Please, please, please, can we have a mobile-friendly layout?

huskyr 11y ago
Until there's an 'official' version, @cheeaun's HackerWeb is an excellent alternative for all platforms: https://cheeaun.github.io/hackerweb/ https://cheeaun.github.io/hackerweb/
- tutuca 11y ago
  Best looking alternative I've seen so far. You can't login to comment though. Or am I missing something?
brador 11y ago
Upvote on left of title, downvote on right?
LordIllidan 11y ago
Seconded - this really should be a top priority. I know there are some good apps out there, and I use them, but it would be so much better to have a responsive design.
tokenizerrr 11y ago
I've also done this on desktop. The ability to change your vote, possibly only for a limited amount of time after casting it, would be far more valuable to me.
- annnnd 11y ago
  Agree 100%! If you click "downvote", the arrow should just turn to orange instead of disappearing. If you click "up" ditto. You can then change your vote for a limited time. As a bonus: please don't refresh the page just because I upvoted someone. Why should I search where it is I left off reading just because I upvoted someone? EDIT: nevermind about second point, it looks like it happens only if JS is disabled. My bad. :)
  - MrBra 11y ago
    HN is gracefully degrading you ;)
arethuza 11y ago
If I accidentally downvote I immediately find two other posts by the same author and upvote them.
- tokenizerrr 11y ago
  That will help their karma score, but is still a problem for comment ranking. Downvoted comments appear lower on the page, thus get less attention.
huhtenberg 11y ago
Perhaps do it reddit-style - always show voting arrows, highlight current vote if there's one and allow re-voting? Cap the re-vote count if need be, but allow for at least one.
niico 11y ago
Someone should make a round up of HN apps. My personal favorite: Boreal
dang 11y ago
Yes. We've been working on it for a while and are hopeful we can start alpha-testing it soon. There has been much discussion of this, including elsewhere in this thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10224045 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10224045, and follow the links from there). The last few times this has come up I have begun to feel a gnawing fear that everyone has an incompatible idea of what "mobile-friendly" and "responsive" means, and the disagreement about how it should work will never cease. I guess we'll find out soon enough.

huskyr 11y ago

Until there's an 'official' version, @cheeaun's HackerWeb is an excellent alternative for all platforms: https://cheeaun.github.io/hackerweb/ https://cheeaun.github.io/hackerweb/

tutuca 11y ago
Best looking alternative I've seen so far. You can't login to comment though. Or am I missing something?

brador 11y ago

Upvote on left of title, downvote on right?

LordIllidan 11y ago

Seconded - this really should be a top priority. I know there are some good apps out there, and I use them, but it would be so much better to have a responsive design.

tokenizerrr 11y ago

I've also done this on desktop. The ability to change your vote, possibly only for a limited amount of time after casting it, would be far more valuable to me.

annnnd 11y ago
Agree 100%! If you click "downvote", the arrow should just turn to orange instead of disappearing. If you click "up" ditto. You can then change your vote for a limited time. As a bonus: please don't refresh the page just because I upvoted someone. Why should I search where it is I left off reading just because I upvoted someone? EDIT: nevermind about second point, it looks like it happens only if JS is disabled. My bad. :)
- MrBra 11y ago
  HN is gracefully degrading you ;)

arethuza 11y ago

If I accidentally downvote I immediately find two other posts by the same author and upvote them.

tokenizerrr 11y ago
That will help their karma score, but is still a problem for comment ranking. Downvoted comments appear lower on the page, thus get less attention.

huhtenberg 11y ago

Perhaps do it reddit-style - always show voting arrows, highlight current vote if there's one and allow re-voting? Cap the re-vote count if need be, but allow for at least one.

niico 11y ago

Someone should make a round up of HN apps. My personal favorite: Boreal

dang 11y ago

Yes. We've been working on it for a while and are hopeful we can start alpha-testing it soon. There has been much discussion of this, including elsewhere in this thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10224045 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10224045, and follow the links from there). The last few times this has come up I have begun to feel a gnawing fear that everyone has an incompatible idea of what "mobile-friendly" and "responsive" means, and the disagreement about how it should work will never cease. I guess we'll find out soon enough.