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So what does this offer beyond just using a web browser?

• mattrighetti 5y ago
  For the moment it’s just a native HN reader, nothing more. But it’s going to get more complex hopefully
  • samatman 5y ago
    Looking forward to seeing where you go with this! As some feedback: you only get one shot at Show HN, really. Or at least you should only get one shot at it, you can work around this by submitting a different URL but that kind of thing is discouraged. You would have been better off waiting until you were ready to show the source code, and had at least a rough sketch of the features you were going to provide. It's going to be difficult to get useful feedback at this stage in the process. I hope you don't take this as discouragement, I like the idea of having a dedicated HN mac app, and look forward to seeing it again down the road.
    • pvg 5y ago
      I don't think it's strictly true that you only get one shot but agreed this app is too early in its development to receive meaningful feedback and the author should probably come back when it's somewhat more fleshed out - right now it's just a clickable list of direct article links that launch an external browser.
    • mattrighetti 5y ago
      The app is now open source at the link in OP :)
• ultrarunner 5y ago
  Looks like dark mode, for one. I'm also personally curious if there's an effect in breaking the "what time-wasting website should I let the browser autocomplete" habit that is so easy to cultivate (is "frequently visited" a dark pattern?)