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I've been using HN reader apps[0] daily for a long time now, so I thought I'd pitch in. I wouldn't use an app if the HN comments experience on mobile wasn't pur
by morsch 11y ago
I've been using HN reader apps[0] daily for a long time now, so I thought I'd pitch in. I wouldn't use an app if the HN comments experience on mobile wasn't pure agony.
— Consequently the comments are the central requirement, they need to work well and should be conveniently reachable.
— Being able to share the HN story (ie. using the Android share function) is important to me; I sometimes prefer just the URL and sometimes appreciate title+URL combination, having the choice would be nice.
— The ability to share an individual comment (by URL) would be huge.
— Mobile connections are fickle, when the connection fails because I'm in a subway, I'd like a big "retry" button or something to that end.
— I'm happy with my browser and I need a convenient way to open the article in it. I don't care if there's an article reader built-in just as long as I can completely ignore it.
— Early on I tried logging in with some reader apps, back then it did not work and I haven't tried in a while; I write comments so rarely on mobile that I'm happy to fall back to the browser to do it.
— Open sourcing a HN reader app seems like an obvious choice.
[0] This one, currently, it's adequate: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rickylaishram.hackernews https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rickylaish...