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I wrote this client. Never submitted to HN, because I wasn't sure if anyone will like it. After it reached to the FP, my vps server stop responding. So I moved

I wrote this client. Never submitted to HN, because I wasn't sure if anyone will like it. After it reached to the FP, my vps server stop responding. So I moved it to S3. S3 doesn't gzip content. Now it takes twice the time to load the app. Thanks EtienneK for submitting to HN. Also forgot to mention that you can download an android app from play store. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.premii.hn https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.premii.hn

devcpp 13y ago
Any plans to release the source code?
- thekingshorses 13y ago
  Yes. I got so many emails for source code. I will put it here. https://github.com/premii/hn https://github.com/premii/hn
alex_marchant 13y ago
I serve some gzipped content off of S3, you just have to do the zip yourself before uploading, which is pretty straight forward using most scripting languages.
- saurik 13y ago
  But then your content is going to require that support, returning gzip'd content with hard-coded headers even when not requested and unwelcome.
  - deleted 13y ago
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serkanyersen 13y ago
This is an excellent design and implementation. I'll be using this from now on :) I have one request though. when a comment is collapsed it should also collapse the child comments just like a tree. Maybe you can add reply, upvote, downvote support too. btw I would pay for this app. Thanks
- thekingshorses 13y ago
  Collapsing comment is not for thread, but it is side effect of the feature. If you visit the same thread again after 5 mintues. It will only display new comments since your last visit. All other comments are collapsed by default. I am not sure the best way to implement comment collapse with thread collapse.
bobfunk 13y ago
Working on a product for dead-simple CDN backed hosting for static websites with performance optimizations built in, called BitBalloon (https://www.bitballoon.com https://www.bitballoon.com). Shoot me a note at mathias@bitballoon.com if you're interested in trying it out. you can have the app online and a lot faster than on S3 in around 30 seconds :)
songgao 13y ago
Hey, great work! I really like it. I noticed when added into home screen, if I click through the direct link to the article, there's not way to go back. This is probably related to "apple-mobile-web-app-*" meta tags. Is there any tweak that can make it possible to go back from external article page?
- jdmaresco 13y ago
  I had the same issue. iOS 6 / iPhone 5 Have to quit the app and reopen to get back to main screen
heyitsnick 13y ago
What are you using for stripping the content from the links?
- guidopallemans 13y ago
  readability maybe?
- thekingshorses 13y ago
  I am using readability.
mieubrisse 13y ago
Love the interface, but why does the Android app require GPS permissions?

devcpp 13y ago

Any plans to release the source code?

thekingshorses 13y ago
Yes. I got so many emails for source code. I will put it here. https://github.com/premii/hn https://github.com/premii/hn

alex_marchant 13y ago

I serve some gzipped content off of S3, you just have to do the zip yourself before uploading, which is pretty straight forward using most scripting languages.

saurik 13y ago
But then your content is going to require that support, returning gzip'd content with hard-coded headers even when not requested and unwelcome.
- deleted 13y ago
  [deleted]

serkanyersen 13y ago

This is an excellent design and implementation. I'll be using this from now on :) I have one request though. when a comment is collapsed it should also collapse the child comments just like a tree. Maybe you can add reply, upvote, downvote support too. btw I would pay for this app. Thanks

thekingshorses 13y ago
Collapsing comment is not for thread, but it is side effect of the feature. If you visit the same thread again after 5 mintues. It will only display new comments since your last visit. All other comments are collapsed by default. I am not sure the best way to implement comment collapse with thread collapse.

bobfunk 13y ago

Working on a product for dead-simple CDN backed hosting for static websites with performance optimizations built in, called BitBalloon (https://www.bitballoon.com https://www.bitballoon.com). Shoot me a note at mathias@bitballoon.com if you're interested in trying it out. you can have the app online and a lot faster than on S3 in around 30 seconds :)

songgao 13y ago

Hey, great work! I really like it. I noticed when added into home screen, if I click through the direct link to the article, there's not way to go back. This is probably related to "apple-mobile-web-app-*" meta tags. Is there any tweak that can make it possible to go back from external article page?

jdmaresco 13y ago
I had the same issue. iOS 6 / iPhone 5 Have to quit the app and reopen to get back to main screen

heyitsnick 13y ago

What are you using for stripping the content from the links?

guidopallemans 13y ago
readability maybe?
thekingshorses 13y ago
I am using readability.

mieubrisse 13y ago

Love the interface, but why does the Android app require GPS permissions?