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Show HN: My first iOS app – Permeate, the Twitter digest

38 points by benhowdle 12y ago

danpalmer 12y ago
I'd be interested to know, have you customised UI kit controls, or was this built with one of the many "HTML5" based iOS frameworks where you just write in Javascript and HTML?
- benhowdle 12y ago
  Hey Dan, no I went with straight objective-c. Wrote up my experiences here: http://cl.ly/VE8Z http://cl.ly/VE8Z
  - aaronbrethorst 12y ago
    Hey Ben - nice work! You don't mention it in your writeup, so perhaps you haven't seen it before, but I highly recommend checking out my website, http://www.cocoacontrols.com http://www.cocoacontrols.com. It might prove useful for your next project.
    - jtreanor 12y ago
      Thanks for making Cocoa Controls. It is indispensable.
    - mh- 12y ago
      thanks for making this, have looked through the site many times. wish there was more [modern ones] for OS X, but I understand that's a reflection of what's out there. :)
gettingreal 12y ago
What does it filter? What do you consider 'Noise'? It will be helpful to know, you and the owner of the twitter account might have different opinions about what constitutes noise on their TL. Any plans for an Android Version? Good work, Kudos for Shipping.
- benhowdle 12y ago
  https://gist.github.com/benhowdle89/11296338 https://gist.github.com/benhowdle89/11296338 Very rudimentary definition of "noise", basically sorts by most active tweets, also considering follower count. I don't know any Java right now, so not for a while I'm afraid!
krmmalik 12y ago
I like it. Not sure what you consider 'noise' but so far it's better than my unfiltered timeline. Is there a way to increase the number of tweets? What are your future plans?
- benhowdle 12y ago
  What number would be optimal? 20, 25? Interested in finding this out from people... Roadmap includes favouriting and retweeting of tweets and certain export options, like "save to Pocket"
  - krmmalik 12y ago
    Yeah i'd be happy with 25 and a 'slide down to refresh' feature. Roadmap sounds good.
coltr 12y ago
I like this because of the full screen mode. Makes you pay attention to one tweet at a time.
michaelchum 12y ago
Very nice app, simple, intuitive and clean design. However, I would definitely like more tweets! Preferably, an infinite scroll down/refresh, I'd say. Keep up the good work!
dosh 12y ago
I like the slick design. pretty neat.
MaxGabriel 12y ago
I see several mentions of Sketch in the screenshots, and you briefly mention it in your writeup. What was your experience like using Sketch?

38 points by benhowdle 12y ago

I'd be interested to know, have you customised UI kit controls, or was this built with one of the many "HTML5" based iOS frameworks where you just write in Javascript and HTML?

benhowdle 12y ago
Hey Dan, no I went with straight objective-c. Wrote up my experiences here: http://cl.ly/VE8Z http://cl.ly/VE8Z
- aaronbrethorst 12y ago
  Hey Ben - nice work! You don't mention it in your writeup, so perhaps you haven't seen it before, but I highly recommend checking out my website, http://www.cocoacontrols.com http://www.cocoacontrols.com. It might prove useful for your next project.
  - jtreanor 12y ago
    Thanks for making Cocoa Controls. It is indispensable.
  - mh- 12y ago
    thanks for making this, have looked through the site many times. wish there was more [modern ones] for OS X, but I understand that's a reflection of what's out there. :)

gettingreal 12y ago

What does it filter? What do you consider 'Noise'? It will be helpful to know, you and the owner of the twitter account might have different opinions about what constitutes noise on their TL. Any plans for an Android Version? Good work, Kudos for Shipping.

benhowdle 12y ago
https://gist.github.com/benhowdle89/11296338 https://gist.github.com/benhowdle89/11296338 Very rudimentary definition of "noise", basically sorts by most active tweets, also considering follower count. I don't know any Java right now, so not for a while I'm afraid!

krmmalik 12y ago

I like it. Not sure what you consider 'noise' but so far it's better than my unfiltered timeline. Is there a way to increase the number of tweets? What are your future plans?

benhowdle 12y ago
What number would be optimal? 20, 25? Interested in finding this out from people... Roadmap includes favouriting and retweeting of tweets and certain export options, like "save to Pocket"
- krmmalik 12y ago
  Yeah i'd be happy with 25 and a 'slide down to refresh' feature. Roadmap sounds good.

coltr 12y ago

I like this because of the full screen mode. Makes you pay attention to one tweet at a time.

michaelchum 12y ago

Very nice app, simple, intuitive and clean design. However, I would definitely like more tweets! Preferably, an infinite scroll down/refresh, I'd say. Keep up the good work!

dosh 12y ago

I like the slick design. pretty neat.

MaxGabriel 12y ago

I see several mentions of Sketch in the screenshots, and you briefly mention it in your writeup. What was your experience like using Sketch?