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I use a third party app to get around this. Makes the mobile experience infinitely better in my opinion.

by dinosaurbone 3y ago

sgbeal 3y ago
Link please?
- arcanemachiner 3y ago
  Glider on Android is okay.
  - FireInsight 3y ago
    I love using Glider. What pains me however is how scuffed the commenting feels, and the UI jumps around a lot when opening a post with lots of comments...
vdgio 3y ago
Any specific app you would recommend?
- aniforprez 3y ago
  Harmonic on Android is pretty good
  - ShamelessGenius 3y ago
    Not available on Github or Fdroid.
- KMnO4 3y ago
  I would recommend taking a look for yourself. If I search the App Store for “Hacker News” I see no less than a dozen options. Shouldn’t take more than a minute to look at them and evaluate which one would be best for your needs.
  - vdgio 3y ago
    I trust people here more than I trust the App Store algos though.
- dinosaurbone 3y ago
  I'm using Harmonic for Android. Not sure if it's available for iOS. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simon.harmonichackernews https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simon.harm...
  - sgbeal 3y ago
    Just installed, thank you.
  - RGBCube 3y ago
    I'm trying Harmonic right now and it is really lacking in features, sure, the Material You is great but I can't edit my comments or see how many votes a comment/post has (and there is no Inbox?!). Love the browser concept in it though, never seen anything like it before.
- _proofs 3y ago
  if you're on android materialistic is p good.
- Drybones 3y ago
  I use Octal on iOS/iPhone https://apps.apple.com/us/app/octal-for-hacker-news/id1308885491 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/octal-for-hacker-news/id130888...
  - blkhp19 3y ago
    +1 to Octal being fantastic
- RGBCube 3y ago
  I would recommend Hacki: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jiaqifeng.hacki https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jiaqifeng.... It's the most featureful FOSS Android app for HN, it's UI is a breeze to navigate too (if you enable swipe gestures from the tiny settings!).
- CharlesW 3y ago
  On iOS, HACK is my favorite of the several I've tried: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/hack-for-hacker-news-reader/id1464477788 https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/hack-for-hacker-news-reader/id... There's an Android version as well: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pranapps.hack https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pranapps.h...
  - RGBCube 3y ago
    The pain point for me with Hack is that the vibrations need the pro version to close (or literally anything in the settings).
    - CharlesW 3y ago
      Thank you — I knew it was free but didn't recall that I'd done the in-app "Premium" purchase. I'd still recommend it for anyone open to non-free (as in beer and/or freedom) apps.
RGBCube 3y ago
Hacki is the most featureful HN browsing app I've ever used, it's open source too. It really enhances the HN mobile experience.

I use a third party app to get around this. Makes the mobile experience infinitely better in my opinion.

sgbeal 3y ago

Link please?

arcanemachiner 3y ago
Glider on Android is okay.
- FireInsight 3y ago
  I love using Glider. What pains me however is how scuffed the commenting feels, and the UI jumps around a lot when opening a post with lots of comments...

vdgio 3y ago

Any specific app you would recommend?

aniforprez 3y ago
Harmonic on Android is pretty good
- ShamelessGenius 3y ago
  Not available on Github or Fdroid.
KMnO4 3y ago
I would recommend taking a look for yourself. If I search the App Store for “Hacker News” I see no less than a dozen options. Shouldn’t take more than a minute to look at them and evaluate which one would be best for your needs.
- vdgio 3y ago
  I trust people here more than I trust the App Store algos though.
dinosaurbone 3y ago
I'm using Harmonic for Android. Not sure if it's available for iOS. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simon.harmonichackernews https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simon.harm...
- sgbeal 3y ago
  Just installed, thank you.
- RGBCube 3y ago
  I'm trying Harmonic right now and it is really lacking in features, sure, the Material You is great but I can't edit my comments or see how many votes a comment/post has (and there is no Inbox?!). Love the browser concept in it though, never seen anything like it before.
_proofs 3y ago
if you're on android materialistic is p good.
Drybones 3y ago
I use Octal on iOS/iPhone https://apps.apple.com/us/app/octal-for-hacker-news/id1308885491 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/octal-for-hacker-news/id130888...
- blkhp19 3y ago
  +1 to Octal being fantastic
RGBCube 3y ago
I would recommend Hacki: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jiaqifeng.hacki https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jiaqifeng.... It's the most featureful FOSS Android app for HN, it's UI is a breeze to navigate too (if you enable swipe gestures from the tiny settings!).
CharlesW 3y ago
On iOS, HACK is my favorite of the several I've tried: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/hack-for-hacker-news-reader/id1464477788 https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/hack-for-hacker-news-reader/id... There's an Android version as well: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pranapps.hack https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pranapps.h...
- RGBCube 3y ago
  The pain point for me with Hack is that the vibrations need the pro version to close (or literally anything in the settings).
  - CharlesW 3y ago
    Thank you — I knew it was free but didn't recall that I'd done the in-app "Premium" purchase. I'd still recommend it for anyone open to non-free (as in beer and/or freedom) apps.

RGBCube 3y ago

Hacki is the most featureful HN browsing app I've ever used, it's open source too. It really enhances the HN mobile experience.