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I get the best HN mobile experience on Android either with the stock browser or Chrome Mobile since both have an automatic text reflow (or so called automatic w

by apunic 13y ago

I get the best HN mobile experience on Android either with the stock browser or Chrome Mobile since both have an automatic text reflow (or so called automatic word wrap). This feature is one of the most I miss on my iPhone which let a lot of classic websites top every native app on mobile devices. Reading HN and commenting is as fast as on a desktop. I tried several HN apps on iOS (I have both an iOS and Android device in parallel operation) and none of them got close to HN on Android's mobile browsers in terms of convenience and usability.

airlocksoftware 13y ago
Have you tried out mine? It's open source, and if you find something lacking I'd love your feedback. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.airlocksoftware.hackernews https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.airlocksof...
- w1ntermute 13y ago
  I can confirm that this app is awesome. There's also http://ihackernews.com http://ihackernews.com
  - Paul_D_Santana 13y ago
    Amazing! This is the first time I see this. Thank you for posting it! I was getting sick of always scrolling left and right to read comments. I wonder why this site hasn't been updated with that in mind. Anyway, thanks again!
- alook 13y ago
  +1 on this app. I've been using it and am stoked :) Good stuff, airlocksoftware!
- css771 13y ago
  So good to see you here. I agree that your app is the best HN app. But please make it remember list scroll position. This one major flaw downgrades an otherwise superb experience.
  - airlocksoftware 13y ago
    Thanks! And I know; it's coming. I'm just really busy with other stuff, and it's been a while since I worked on it so it would take me a while to context switch.
- Paul_D_Santana 13y ago
  Great app! Very fast, fluid, and pleasing design. Three things: 1. Is there any way to allow for selecting and copying of text from someone's comment? It is very often that someone posts something so profound or useful here on HN that I want to snip the text to save it in Evernote for future reference. 2. And like css771 posted, remembering your scroll position in comments (and which comments are folded) would be a HUGE addition. I often click a link in someone's comment which opens in the browser, go back to the app, and the reading position is reset, including any and all folded comments I had. Quite frustrating. Fixing this would be incredible! 3. Minor visual issue, but it seems the first indentation of a comment is not indented, as the other levels are. The first indented level has a color, but is not actually indented. This would help to make comments slightly more readable. I do love how easy it is to fold comments though. A quick tap and instantly folded. Anyway, I love the app; you did a great job on it. If it had these three features above, it would definitely be my go-to Android app for Hacker News. Thank you! +1 for the app, and I hope you found my feedback useful too! P.S. Feel free to contact me via my personal email via my profile if you need any more detailed feedback, as I was a software tester for a while and hopefully you found my feedback and writing style useful.
  - airlocksoftware 13y ago
    Thanks for the feedback, Paul! As to your points: 1) I'd have to look into how I would make the "tap and hold" to select text work. In the meantime, if you long press on a comment and click "Share", it will bring up the sharing menu. Then you can select to either share a link to the comment, or the actual text of the comment (which you can then email, SMS, open in Evernote, etc.) 2) That's coming when I have a chance to work on the app again (busy busy!) 3) It's that way to save horizontal space when you're on a phone and the comments get nested deeply. Was it particularly confusing as a first time user? You can email me if you have any other questions or just open an issue on Github. My email and Github are in my profile.
epicjunction 13y ago
I built my own reader after trying out several others out there [1]. The one thing that I really liked on Google Reader was that it aggregated all stories onto one page. So that's what I built. It may or may not be useful to you guys - would love some feedback either ways. [1] http://hn.dinopost.com http://hn.dinopost.com
benaiah 13y ago
My favorite Android app is Hacker News 2 - it has the best tablet support (my only Android is a Nexus 7) of any that I've used, and it lets me log in, vote, comment, view my profile, view threads, etc. EDIT: This is the one whose creator commented below ("Have you tried out mine?"). Kudos.
SCdF 13y ago
I use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manuelmaly.hn&feature=search_result https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manuelmaly... because it's the cleanest looking HN app I could find. It currently doesn't let you comment or vote on comments. It's open source though so those problems are theoretically solvable.

by apunic 13y ago

airlocksoftware 13y ago

Have you tried out mine? It's open source, and if you find something lacking I'd love your feedback. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.airlocksoftware.hackernews https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.airlocksof...

w1ntermute 13y ago
I can confirm that this app is awesome. There's also http://ihackernews.com http://ihackernews.com
- Paul_D_Santana 13y ago
  Amazing! This is the first time I see this. Thank you for posting it! I was getting sick of always scrolling left and right to read comments. I wonder why this site hasn't been updated with that in mind. Anyway, thanks again!
alook 13y ago
+1 on this app. I've been using it and am stoked :) Good stuff, airlocksoftware!
css771 13y ago
So good to see you here. I agree that your app is the best HN app. But please make it remember list scroll position. This one major flaw downgrades an otherwise superb experience.
- airlocksoftware 13y ago
  Thanks! And I know; it's coming. I'm just really busy with other stuff, and it's been a while since I worked on it so it would take me a while to context switch.
Paul_D_Santana 13y ago
Great app! Very fast, fluid, and pleasing design. Three things: 1. Is there any way to allow for selecting and copying of text from someone's comment? It is very often that someone posts something so profound or useful here on HN that I want to snip the text to save it in Evernote for future reference. 2. And like css771 posted, remembering your scroll position in comments (and which comments are folded) would be a HUGE addition. I often click a link in someone's comment which opens in the browser, go back to the app, and the reading position is reset, including any and all folded comments I had. Quite frustrating. Fixing this would be incredible! 3. Minor visual issue, but it seems the first indentation of a comment is not indented, as the other levels are. The first indented level has a color, but is not actually indented. This would help to make comments slightly more readable. I do love how easy it is to fold comments though. A quick tap and instantly folded. Anyway, I love the app; you did a great job on it. If it had these three features above, it would definitely be my go-to Android app for Hacker News. Thank you! +1 for the app, and I hope you found my feedback useful too! P.S. Feel free to contact me via my personal email via my profile if you need any more detailed feedback, as I was a software tester for a while and hopefully you found my feedback and writing style useful.
- airlocksoftware 13y ago
  Thanks for the feedback, Paul! As to your points: 1) I'd have to look into how I would make the "tap and hold" to select text work. In the meantime, if you long press on a comment and click "Share", it will bring up the sharing menu. Then you can select to either share a link to the comment, or the actual text of the comment (which you can then email, SMS, open in Evernote, etc.) 2) That's coming when I have a chance to work on the app again (busy busy!) 3) It's that way to save horizontal space when you're on a phone and the comments get nested deeply. Was it particularly confusing as a first time user? You can email me if you have any other questions or just open an issue on Github. My email and Github are in my profile.

epicjunction 13y ago

I built my own reader after trying out several others out there [1]. The one thing that I really liked on Google Reader was that it aggregated all stories onto one page. So that's what I built. It may or may not be useful to you guys - would love some feedback either ways. [1] http://hn.dinopost.com http://hn.dinopost.com

benaiah 13y ago

My favorite Android app is Hacker News 2 - it has the best tablet support (my only Android is a Nexus 7) of any that I've used, and it lets me log in, vote, comment, view my profile, view threads, etc. EDIT: This is the one whose creator commented below ("Have you tried out mine?"). Kudos.

SCdF 13y ago

I use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manuelmaly.hn&feature=search_result https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manuelmaly... because it's the cleanest looking HN app I could find. It currently doesn't let you comment or vote on comments. It's open source though so those problems are theoretically solvable.