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Read Hacker News faster

47 points by ionyzzz 12y ago

Sovietaced 12y ago
genius
ionyzzz 12y ago
it group the hacker news by date. you can select the day by clicking here: http://cdn.codersgrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Coders-Read.png http://cdn.codersgrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Coders-... and thanks!
- tsudot 12y ago
  Which endpoint do you use to filter by date?
dewey 12y ago
I'd love to have a way to navigate with the J/K keys. This is neat.
- ionyzzz 12y ago
  Thank you for your feedback. Apart from J/K, any other suggestions? up/down, cmd+T, cmd+F, cmd+c ?
  - bluefreeze 12y ago
    I think Up/Down would be better.
  - ddacunha 12y ago
    If you live on the other side of the world, filtering by date is an issue. If you connect from Asia and with most of the activity on HN coming from the US, there is little to see during our mornings. I expect to see what I have missed on the last 24 hours without have to change the date manually. Perhaps you can show a the top 10 (or 20, or xx) of the previous day with visual separation so that I know if was submitted earlier.
dewiz 12y ago
since the site itself is on the homepage I couldn't not try the recursive call to the site. apparently it doesnt load more than one nested level (ipad safari).
- ionyzzz 12y ago
  yes, another problem would be the SAMEORIGIN.
hardwaresofton 12y ago
A lot of the unicode characters don't show up for me (ex. share buttons, whatever is next to the date @ top left)... use font-awesome?
- ionyzzz 12y ago
  yes, what browser do you use?
  - symmetricsaurus 12y ago
    Same for me. Running Firefox on Windows 7.
  - hardwaresofton 12y ago
    Running firefox nightly on linux mint
rajeemcariazo 12y ago
I made fun of going to this site recursively
- ionyzzz 12y ago
  :D me too
ozh 12y ago
Read Hacker News much much faster : http://hn.premii.com/ http://hn.premii.com/
- ionyzzz 12y ago
  yes, I love this too. Why I build my own because hn.premii.com take off all the css and others in HTML, and some website it cannot be parsed. So I use the iframe to build Coder's Read. But I am still using hn.premii.com when I use mobile.
- brador 12y ago
  Read all the Tech News much much faster : http://skimfeed.com/ http://skimfeed.com/
- minikomi 12y ago
  Ah, looks great but as a compulsive click-and-select-bits kind of reader, that popup menu drove me crazy
- toni 12y ago
  Read Hacker News much much much faster: http://ihackernews.com/ http://ihackernews.com/
  - tempodox 12y ago
    Cannot select / change articles via keyboard, either.
- tempodox 12y ago
  Cannot select / change articles via keyboard, either.
joveian 12y ago
I still much prefer http://hckrnews.com http://hckrnews.com Looks so much nicer than any of the others IMO and is easy to filter. I wish all news sites were setup like that. Edit: I love to see all the things people do with HN even if I don't use them. Does anyone have a list of HN augmenting sites?
- jonalmeida 12y ago
  I like using cheeaun's mod for mobile since it parses the comments in a similar clean way, and the Hacker News Enhancement Suite for Chrome [2]. [1]: http://cheeaun.github.io/hackerweb/ http://cheeaun.github.io/hackerweb/ [2]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bappiabcodbpphnojdiaddhnilfnjmpm https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bappiabcodbpphnojd...
- e15ctr0n 12y ago
  Some apps based on the official HN API are listed here: https://hn.algolia.io/cool_apps https://hn.algolia.io/cool_apps
thebenedict 12y ago
This kind of two-pane layout looks great on large screens but is unusable on mobile (my Nexus 5, at least). Are there any good approaches that don't involve making a separate mobile layout? Maybe a mobile-only button to expand the sidebar, and then the list of articles takes up the full screen, sliding away after an article is selected?
- ionyzzz 12y ago
  It is a general approach to make mobile user happy. But using iframe on mobile is horrible UX. so... no idea on it yet.
davidw 12y ago
How do I get to the comments? This actually doesn't much match my reading style - I like to scan the front page for stuff that looks interesting and then read it in a new tab, which works just fine when I right click links.
tech-no-logical 12y ago
I get an error in latest ff beta : "Bootstrap's javascript requires jQuery" (main.js line 160) which is weird, because jquery is included... must be something on my part, but I see no reason (according to firebug jquery is loaded before main.js) also, when loading the first article : "Load denied by X-Frame-Options: https://code.google.com/p/omaha/ does not permit cross-origin framing."
efdee 12y ago
Off-topic, www.codersgrid.com is vulnerable to a Heartbleed attack.
- ionyzzz 12y ago
  thanks. I have upgraded now. Really really thanks for remind!
Osiris 12y ago
I tend the read the comments much more frequently than the actual page. I would suggest: 1. Make the comments number a link to load the comments page directly. 2. Allow the right pane to split to show comments above/below the actual web page
- bluejellybean 12y ago
  I agree with this. I come to hacker news not for the crappy blogspam but for the comments created by the crappy blogspam. I really like this tool so adding some good comment features would keep me coming back.
  - ionyzzz 12y ago
    thanks both! I will think about it and add this to my todo list.
    - acmecorps 12y ago
      YES! I love the idea, but like everyone else, I will almost always read the comments first. Actually, that's mostly the reason why I come to HN. Came for the articles, stayed for the comments.
- e15ctr0n 12y ago
  I'm using an experimental Firefox add-on that shows the comments in the right pane - they can expand / collapse. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hacker-news-reader/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hacker-news-r...
deleted 12y ago
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teemo_cute 12y ago
I didn't know before that someone can scrape or access HN's API to retrieve it contents. Is is actually legal? I'm so fascinated by the news here that I haven't yet figured out how the site works so far.
- e15ctr0n 12y ago
  There is an official HN API - no need to scrape. :-) https://hn.algolia.io/cool_apps https://hn.algolia.io/cool_apps I found a Firefox add-on here that is similar to this site: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hacker-news-reader/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hacker-news-r...
izolate 12y ago
I'm here for the community and comments more than the links.
midgetjones 12y ago
This is basically a test of who's set their x-frame headers or not. So the google link doesn't work, and everything that does is vulnerable to clickjacking.
- ionyzzz 12y ago
  agree. But I am not going to grep the content into my database to hack the sameorigin policy as it is the rule of internet. But I'm still finding the solution of detection of sameorigin error, so I can notice use to ask them to open it on the new tab.
  - thaumaturgy 12y ago
    FWIW I've had a similar side project for a while; I opted for using the main display area to show the headline, full url, and links to comments (and recently, comments from other sites). Up/down arrows navigate and return key opens the article in a new tab. It's a nice balance between easily navigating articles, and not getting in the way too much. But that might be entirely personal taste.
tempodox 12y ago
Keyboard bindings, especially for the left column, are sorely missing. Having to pick up the mouse each time you want to switch the article (or whatever) is a real pain in the abdomen.
- MartinDueren 12y ago
  If you are using Chrome I can recommend Vimium. It's great! This way you can browse every website without ever using your mouse. http://vimium.github.io/ http://vimium.github.io/
  - tempodox 12y ago
    Thanks for the tip! Sadly, I'm too private & paranoid to be using Chrome on a regular basis.
- ionyzzz 12y ago
  thanks for your feedback, it is on my todo list!
anoncow 12y ago
This is great. Are there any legal concerns with rendering a third party webpage in a frame?
- swombat 12y ago
  Good lord, no. With that kind of thinking, soon you'll be outlawing hyperlinks!!
vtempest 12y ago
http://hkrnews.com http://hkrnews.com I made something similar at hkrnews.com but SameOrigin policy blocks 30% of articles. One way to get around it is whateverorigin.com

47 points by ionyzzz 12y ago

genius

it group the hacker news by date. you can select the day by clicking here: http://cdn.codersgrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Coders-Read.png http://cdn.codersgrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Coders-... and thanks!

tsudot 12y ago
Which endpoint do you use to filter by date?

dewey 12y ago

I'd love to have a way to navigate with the J/K keys. This is neat.

ionyzzz 12y ago
Thank you for your feedback. Apart from J/K, any other suggestions? up/down, cmd+T, cmd+F, cmd+c ?
- bluefreeze 12y ago
  I think Up/Down would be better.
- ddacunha 12y ago
  If you live on the other side of the world, filtering by date is an issue. If you connect from Asia and with most of the activity on HN coming from the US, there is little to see during our mornings. I expect to see what I have missed on the last 24 hours without have to change the date manually. Perhaps you can show a the top 10 (or 20, or xx) of the previous day with visual separation so that I know if was submitted earlier.

dewiz 12y ago

since the site itself is on the homepage I couldn't not try the recursive call to the site. apparently it doesnt load more than one nested level (ipad safari).

ionyzzz 12y ago
yes, another problem would be the SAMEORIGIN.

hardwaresofton 12y ago

A lot of the unicode characters don't show up for me (ex. share buttons, whatever is next to the date @ top left)... use font-awesome?

ionyzzz 12y ago
yes, what browser do you use?
- symmetricsaurus 12y ago
  Same for me. Running Firefox on Windows 7.
- hardwaresofton 12y ago
  Running firefox nightly on linux mint

rajeemcariazo 12y ago

I made fun of going to this site recursively

ionyzzz 12y ago
:D me too

ozh 12y ago

Read Hacker News much much faster : http://hn.premii.com/ http://hn.premii.com/

ionyzzz 12y ago
yes, I love this too. Why I build my own because hn.premii.com take off all the css and others in HTML, and some website it cannot be parsed. So I use the iframe to build Coder's Read. But I am still using hn.premii.com when I use mobile.
brador 12y ago
Read all the Tech News much much faster : http://skimfeed.com/ http://skimfeed.com/
minikomi 12y ago
Ah, looks great but as a compulsive click-and-select-bits kind of reader, that popup menu drove me crazy
toni 12y ago
Read Hacker News much much much faster: http://ihackernews.com/ http://ihackernews.com/
- tempodox 12y ago
  Cannot select / change articles via keyboard, either.
tempodox 12y ago
Cannot select / change articles via keyboard, either.

joveian 12y ago

I still much prefer http://hckrnews.com http://hckrnews.com Looks so much nicer than any of the others IMO and is easy to filter. I wish all news sites were setup like that. Edit: I love to see all the things people do with HN even if I don't use them. Does anyone have a list of HN augmenting sites?

jonalmeida 12y ago
I like using cheeaun's mod for mobile since it parses the comments in a similar clean way, and the Hacker News Enhancement Suite for Chrome [2]. [1]: http://cheeaun.github.io/hackerweb/ http://cheeaun.github.io/hackerweb/ [2]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bappiabcodbpphnojdiaddhnilfnjmpm https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bappiabcodbpphnojd...
e15ctr0n 12y ago
Some apps based on the official HN API are listed here: https://hn.algolia.io/cool_apps https://hn.algolia.io/cool_apps

thebenedict 12y ago

This kind of two-pane layout looks great on large screens but is unusable on mobile (my Nexus 5, at least). Are there any good approaches that don't involve making a separate mobile layout? Maybe a mobile-only button to expand the sidebar, and then the list of articles takes up the full screen, sliding away after an article is selected?

ionyzzz 12y ago
It is a general approach to make mobile user happy. But using iframe on mobile is horrible UX. so... no idea on it yet.

davidw 12y ago

How do I get to the comments? This actually doesn't much match my reading style - I like to scan the front page for stuff that looks interesting and then read it in a new tab, which works just fine when I right click links.

tech-no-logical 12y ago

I get an error in latest ff beta : "Bootstrap's javascript requires jQuery" (main.js line 160) which is weird, because jquery is included... must be something on my part, but I see no reason (according to firebug jquery is loaded before main.js) also, when loading the first article : "Load denied by X-Frame-Options: https://code.google.com/p/omaha/ does not permit cross-origin framing."

efdee 12y ago

Off-topic, www.codersgrid.com is vulnerable to a Heartbleed attack.

ionyzzz 12y ago
thanks. I have upgraded now. Really really thanks for remind!

Osiris 12y ago

I tend the read the comments much more frequently than the actual page. I would suggest: 1. Make the comments number a link to load the comments page directly. 2. Allow the right pane to split to show comments above/below the actual web page

bluejellybean 12y ago
I agree with this. I come to hacker news not for the crappy blogspam but for the comments created by the crappy blogspam. I really like this tool so adding some good comment features would keep me coming back.
- ionyzzz 12y ago
  thanks both! I will think about it and add this to my todo list.
  - acmecorps 12y ago
    YES! I love the idea, but like everyone else, I will almost always read the comments first. Actually, that's mostly the reason why I come to HN. Came for the articles, stayed for the comments.
e15ctr0n 12y ago
I'm using an experimental Firefox add-on that shows the comments in the right pane - they can expand / collapse. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hacker-news-reader/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hacker-news-r...

deleted 12y ago

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teemo_cute 12y ago

I didn't know before that someone can scrape or access HN's API to retrieve it contents. Is is actually legal? I'm so fascinated by the news here that I haven't yet figured out how the site works so far.

e15ctr0n 12y ago
There is an official HN API - no need to scrape. :-) https://hn.algolia.io/cool_apps https://hn.algolia.io/cool_apps I found a Firefox add-on here that is similar to this site: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hacker-news-reader/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hacker-news-r...

izolate 12y ago

I'm here for the community and comments more than the links.

midgetjones 12y ago

This is basically a test of who's set their x-frame headers or not. So the google link doesn't work, and everything that does is vulnerable to clickjacking.

ionyzzz 12y ago
agree. But I am not going to grep the content into my database to hack the sameorigin policy as it is the rule of internet. But I'm still finding the solution of detection of sameorigin error, so I can notice use to ask them to open it on the new tab.
- thaumaturgy 12y ago
  FWIW I've had a similar side project for a while; I opted for using the main display area to show the headline, full url, and links to comments (and recently, comments from other sites). Up/down arrows navigate and return key opens the article in a new tab. It's a nice balance between easily navigating articles, and not getting in the way too much. But that might be entirely personal taste.

tempodox 12y ago

Keyboard bindings, especially for the left column, are sorely missing. Having to pick up the mouse each time you want to switch the article (or whatever) is a real pain in the abdomen.

MartinDueren 12y ago
If you are using Chrome I can recommend Vimium. It's great! This way you can browse every website without ever using your mouse. http://vimium.github.io/ http://vimium.github.io/
- tempodox 12y ago
  Thanks for the tip! Sadly, I'm too private & paranoid to be using Chrome on a regular basis.
ionyzzz 12y ago
thanks for your feedback, it is on my todo list!

anoncow 12y ago

This is great. Are there any legal concerns with rendering a third party webpage in a frame?

swombat 12y ago
Good lord, no. With that kind of thinking, soon you'll be outlawing hyperlinks!!

vtempest 12y ago

http://hkrnews.com http://hkrnews.com I made something similar at hkrnews.com but SameOrigin policy blocks 30% of articles. One way to get around it is whateverorigin.com