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An iOS Hacker News client that Doesn't Suck - Now for iPad
- jakejake 14y agoReading this on news:yc. ;-)
- Xuzz 14y agoMy release announcement is here: http://newsyc.me/onepointtwo.html http://newsyc.me/onepointtwo.html — I'm happy to answer any questions, as well.
- pooriaazimi 14y agoI bought it just after it was announced for iPad, and used it a few times but stopped afterwards. For me, not having a chronological timeline of submissions (like 'http://www.hckrnews.com/ http://www.hckrnews.com/) is a deal breaker. Rating a comment (not a submission) is also a little hard. It takes a whole second for the controls to appear. A faster animation would be nice. Don't get me wrong, just like the title says, it's the only iPad client that doesn't suck, and it's a great one. I recommend buying it. But it could be better. Thanks for taking the time to create this. I know such apps usually don't generate huge revenues...
- crcastle 14y agoInteresting to see someone else mention hckrnews.com. http://hckrnews.com http://hckrnews.com is the primary way I consume Hacker News.
- pooriaazimi 14y agoAnother idea popped in my mind: I don't know what the api and rules are, but AFAIK, an app could register itself to open, when the user opens a url with a certain prefix (for example, I think Facebook.app opens and displays iTunes' wall when you go to 'facebook://itunes' - I don't use Facebook so I don't know for sure, but I've seen other apps do this). You can register for 'newsyc://'. Now, when a user is on, say, 'http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3814563 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3814563, if s/he opens a simple bookmarklet (which is a 2-line javascript code), s/he'll be redirected to 'newsyc://3814563', and magically your app would open!
- pooriaazimi 14y agoAnd another suggestion: use inputAccessoryView (http://stackoverflow.com/a/8998216/347353 http://stackoverflow.com/a/8998216/347353) to add a bar on top of keyboard when posting a comment (for the character asterisk, for italic text)...
- d0mine 14y agoIt seems like the best-of-breed But it still lacks basic features such as opening the story without visiting comments or a back button to return to previously viewed threads E.g., I've lost this thread after opening other stories and only managed to find it again because I've saved previously
- fairramone 14y agoExcellent! I love this app. Now if you could only do something about the HN performance issues, the app would be an even greater pleasure to use! Thanks for your hard work.