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Show HN: Horizontal News, a column-based Hacker News reader

33 points by jer0me 3y ago

hammycheesy 3y ago
I really like this navigation model - it reminds me a little of the Panorama control [1] that Windows Phone attempted or the column-based, horizontally scolling UIs of the infamous Windows 8 Metro apps [2]. Sadly these more creative approaches seem to be forgotten in place of lazy hamburger menu/pages with back-stack style approaches. [1] https://www.minddriven.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/wp7_panorama_app1.png https://www.minddriven.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/wp7_pan... [2] https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ytfp8btYCkR2rCpW9WS9u3.jpg https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ytfp8btYCkR2rCpW9WS9u3.jpg
- chinpokomon 3y ago
  I present to you, Smallest Federated Wiki: http://fed.wiki.org/view/welcome-visitors http://fed.wiki.org/view/welcome-visitors
iraldir 3y ago
Probably from users of more classical UI, this feels really unpleasant to me, like putting a tshirt backward. (not that it's a bad UI or anything, says more about me than your website)
kencausey 3y ago
This is interesting. One thing I miss is the domain information. edit: Suggestion: add the domain information to the hover message.
philsquared_ 3y ago
Good job. I hope you expand on it more. Maybe consider a browser extension to convert other comment sections that arent hn. I always thought replies to parent comments shouldn't be prioritized over top level parent comments and this layout pushes that idea.
newhotelowner 3y ago
Use css snap to snap horizontal scrolling
krembo 3y ago
Just jumping back to day i find myself using it daily! Awesome work!
dlb007 3y ago
Look nice
tetris11 3y ago
Very pleasing experience, though I wonder what I'd think after 10 minutes of using it.
97-109-107 3y ago
Did you actively decide against applying independent per-column scrolling? If yes, what was your train of thought?
- joeframbach 3y ago
  The columns scroll independently on my device.
AhmadIbrahim 3y ago
This looks great.
amadeuspagel 3y ago
Interesting idea, but using columns for nested threads is too clever by half. Have two columns, one for the main page, on for the thread, and display nested threads normally.

33 points by jer0me 3y ago

I really like this navigation model - it reminds me a little of the Panorama control [1] that Windows Phone attempted or the column-based, horizontally scolling UIs of the infamous Windows 8 Metro apps [2]. Sadly these more creative approaches seem to be forgotten in place of lazy hamburger menu/pages with back-stack style approaches. [1] https://www.minddriven.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/wp7_panorama_app1.png https://www.minddriven.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/wp7_pan... [2] https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ytfp8btYCkR2rCpW9WS9u3.jpg https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ytfp8btYCkR2rCpW9WS9u3.jpg

chinpokomon 3y ago
I present to you, Smallest Federated Wiki: http://fed.wiki.org/view/welcome-visitors http://fed.wiki.org/view/welcome-visitors

iraldir 3y ago

Probably from users of more classical UI, this feels really unpleasant to me, like putting a tshirt backward. (not that it's a bad UI or anything, says more about me than your website)

kencausey 3y ago

This is interesting. One thing I miss is the domain information. edit: Suggestion: add the domain information to the hover message.

philsquared_ 3y ago

Good job. I hope you expand on it more. Maybe consider a browser extension to convert other comment sections that arent hn. I always thought replies to parent comments shouldn't be prioritized over top level parent comments and this layout pushes that idea.

newhotelowner 3y ago

Use css snap to snap horizontal scrolling

krembo 3y ago

Just jumping back to day i find myself using it daily! Awesome work!

dlb007 3y ago

Look nice

tetris11 3y ago

Very pleasing experience, though I wonder what I'd think after 10 minutes of using it.

97-109-107 3y ago

Did you actively decide against applying independent per-column scrolling? If yes, what was your train of thought?

joeframbach 3y ago
The columns scroll independently on my device.

AhmadIbrahim 3y ago

This looks great.

amadeuspagel 3y ago

Interesting idea, but using columns for nested threads is too clever by half. Have two columns, one for the main page, on for the thread, and display nested threads normally.