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If only we could get notifications for replies & a decent mobile app existed.

by emdd 10y ago

tracker1 10y ago
I just check a couple times a day... honestly, I'm usually too busy when I'm not checking HN to deal with a reply right at any given moment anyway. It's a forum.
- emdd 10y ago
  As do I, but the conversations I have on HN are more fascinating to me, so I'd actually rather have push-notifications on HN than Reddit. The biggest thing is still a better way to browse/post on iOS.
  - tracker1 10y ago
    Dunno, I'd be okay with web notifications via chrome. Though that some clickbait sites are asking for that permission is really irritating... I mean more so than interstitial or late-loading ads that push content down.
- heywire 10y ago
  I use hnnotify to tell me about replies and the Hacker News app on iOS by premii is pretty decent for read only access ( I mostly only post when I'm at a computer, I find that my responses make a little more sense that way :) )
  - tracker1 10y ago
    Kind of wish HN would adapt Open* or similar for token access for posting... though that opens the door to a lot of potential issues (spam) I'm guessing they're trying to avoid... maybe requiring the web interface until you hit 1K karma or something.
    - icebraining 10y ago
      Worrying about spam doesn't make much sense here, as the web interface is pure HTML forms, with no client-side checks. It isn't hard to automate the posting process.
  - emdd 10y ago
    Yeah, I found several decent read-only apps, but that hampers the experience for me.
gnoway 10y ago
Did you read the blog post? It would need to be at least two decent mobile apps.
nickpsecurity 10y ago
Dan Grossman maintains a tool to help you with one: http://www.hnreplies.com http://www.hnreplies.com I use it.
- emdd 10y ago
  Nice. I still wonder why HN seems hesitant to develop the HN platform further (although I'm relatively new to the site, so I don't know the history).
giovannibajo1 10y ago
I use minihack on iOS, it works quite well for reading and posting. UX is a little under designed, but it does its job

If only we could get notifications for replies & a decent mobile app existed.

by emdd 10y ago

If only we could get notifications for replies & a decent mobile app existed.

I just check a couple times a day... honestly, I'm usually too busy when I'm not checking HN to deal with a reply right at any given moment anyway. It's a forum.

emdd 10y ago
As do I, but the conversations I have on HN are more fascinating to me, so I'd actually rather have push-notifications on HN than Reddit. The biggest thing is still a better way to browse/post on iOS.
- tracker1 10y ago
  Dunno, I'd be okay with web notifications via chrome. Though that some clickbait sites are asking for that permission is really irritating... I mean more so than interstitial or late-loading ads that push content down.
heywire 10y ago
I use hnnotify to tell me about replies and the Hacker News app on iOS by premii is pretty decent for read only access ( I mostly only post when I'm at a computer, I find that my responses make a little more sense that way :) )
- tracker1 10y ago
  Kind of wish HN would adapt Open* or similar for token access for posting... though that opens the door to a lot of potential issues (spam) I'm guessing they're trying to avoid... maybe requiring the web interface until you hit 1K karma or something.
  - icebraining 10y ago
    Worrying about spam doesn't make much sense here, as the web interface is pure HTML forms, with no client-side checks. It isn't hard to automate the posting process.
- emdd 10y ago
  Yeah, I found several decent read-only apps, but that hampers the experience for me.

gnoway 10y ago

Did you read the blog post? It would need to be at least two decent mobile apps.

nickpsecurity 10y ago

Dan Grossman maintains a tool to help you with one: http://www.hnreplies.com http://www.hnreplies.com I use it.

emdd 10y ago
Nice. I still wonder why HN seems hesitant to develop the HN platform further (although I'm relatively new to the site, so I don't know the history).

giovannibajo1 10y ago

I use minihack on iOS, it works quite well for reading and posting. UX is a little under designed, but it does its job