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Build it with me: Hacker News Reader App
- mikeevans 14y agoImages are giving 403 errors for me.
- niico 14y agoStupid third world image hosting :D FIXED!
- SkippyZA 14y agoChoose to go HTML5 + Phonegap and we could possibly talk
- speg 14y agoPlease don't. This needs to be a slick native experience. It's too bad I'm still cutting my teeth on iOS as this looks like a fun first project!
- hcarvalhoalves 14y agoWhy every site has to have an App so I can read it nowadays? What's wrong with a site being a site?
- jug6ernaut 14y agoFor the same reason that anything has a mobile application, because generally they are easier to use. Why browse a website built for a 15" laptop when you can have application with the same relevant information perfectly formatted for my device? Sure you can make a mobile version of the website, and they are step up for sure. But they still do not offer the simplicity and ease of use of a good mobile application can.
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- niico 14y agoBecause not every site is made for every platform. But also, I enjoy reading HN but leaving to one site and then coming back to HN its a bit of a pain. Also lets not forget every site has a different layout, banners, distractions, etc.
- xauronx 14y agoHmm, I'm kind of interested. Your UI layout looks great. I might play with it at home a bit tonight to see what I can come up with. For future reference, here are some helpful things: http://www.hnsearch.com/api http://www.hnsearch.com/api http://hndroidapi.appspot.com/ http://hndroidapi.appspot.com/ https://github.com/glebpopov/Hacker-News-Droid-API https://github.com/glebpopov/Hacker-News-Droid-API