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Do a lot of people use HN clients? It never occurred to me to look for one. Looking at the feature list here, most of them I can already do (comment, vote, sub

Do a lot of people use HN clients? It never occurred to me to look for one. Looking at the feature list here, most of them I can already do (comment, vote, submit, etc.). Some of the other features I feel like would degrade my experience (polls, notifications). If you are someone that uses a 3rd-party client to access HN, can you sell me on the killer features (of whichever client you use)? Am I missing out?

eviks 2y ago
The default design is rather unergonomic (you're less likely to downvote by tapping on the wrong closely located button if you want to upvote since you can have the more frequent upvote action in a convenient side swipe gesture, but the less frequent downvote in a separate hamburger menu - things like this you won't get from reading a feature list) and ugly (fonts, padding, colors) , but if it doesn't even occur to you, then maybe you won't appreciate all the improvements, so maybe not missing out?
Aaron2222 2y ago
Polls are actually a Hacker News feature (albeit a rather hidden one). Example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29755614 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29755614
Tmpod 2y ago
I actually use Hacki, and in fact was a bit surprised to see this listed here hehe. I use it on my phone for three particular reasons: 1) Good dark color-scheme (easier on my eyes when I'm inside) 2) Adjustable font (HN default is way too small for me on a small phone screen) 3) Easily collapsible threads (you just tap anywhere on the comment Everything else is irrelevant to me, as I barely comment. I'm more interested in the reading, most of the time, and the app helps with that.
- satvikpendem 2y ago
  Dark Reader works fine on a phone, you just need a browser capable of extensions. iOS has a few, and Android has many.
aegypti 2y ago
- text contrast - text larger than 12pt - tap targets larger than 8px across - collapsible threads without scrolling back to top level comment Just basic fixes for HN’s broken mobile usability is enough for me to never directly use this site outside of a desktop anymore.

eviks 2y ago

The default design is rather unergonomic (you're less likely to downvote by tapping on the wrong closely located button if you want to upvote since you can have the more frequent upvote action in a convenient side swipe gesture, but the less frequent downvote in a separate hamburger menu - things like this you won't get from reading a feature list) and ugly (fonts, padding, colors) , but if it doesn't even occur to you, then maybe you won't appreciate all the improvements, so maybe not missing out?

Aaron2222 2y ago

Polls are actually a Hacker News feature (albeit a rather hidden one). Example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29755614 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29755614

Tmpod 2y ago

I actually use Hacki, and in fact was a bit surprised to see this listed here hehe. I use it on my phone for three particular reasons: 1) Good dark color-scheme (easier on my eyes when I'm inside) 2) Adjustable font (HN default is way too small for me on a small phone screen) 3) Easily collapsible threads (you just tap anywhere on the comment Everything else is irrelevant to me, as I barely comment. I'm more interested in the reading, most of the time, and the app helps with that.

satvikpendem 2y ago
Dark Reader works fine on a phone, you just need a browser capable of extensions. iOS has a few, and Android has many.

aegypti 2y ago

- text contrast - text larger than 12pt - tap targets larger than 8px across - collapsible threads without scrolling back to top level comment Just basic fixes for HN’s broken mobile usability is enough for me to never directly use this site outside of a desktop anymore.