Would you mind sharing the strategy you took to storing the sites offline?
I assume you grepped through the HTML source for external references (stylesheet, image, etc), downloaded each one of those, and then re-wrote the link before saving to disk?
I think this is the third HN app so far. Is this because people who read this site and want to try writing an iPhone app immediately think about writing an HN reader? I know I did. :-)
We need a comparative review of all the HN iPhone readers!
If I can do a front-load of reading data and only have the data radios on for a fixed time (ideally, over wi-fi), that's going to be less of a battery drain than the on-again/off-again of casual browsing. Not to mention that it dramatically improves the reading experience to not be waiting on inconsistent data rates and server speeds during my reading time.
I like the flash presentation on the site, I'm doing an iPhone app right now and am wondering what's the best way to put together a similar flash video of a screen capture of a iPhone app along with the touch indicator?
Based on the Flash presentation alone - well done.
I wish however that this was HN's native web interface for the iPhone. I personally have no need for an offline reading nor do I want to use a separate app for that.
no account support (login, replies, etc.); hit targets for important links are insanely small; when I last used it (maybe 12 months ago), it would routinely bomb out on me with bizarro server-side error messages.
I asked him about that a couple days ago. I doubt he'd mind if I reposted his response. He said: "I'm indeed working on those features, although not as feverishly as my other projects. This app was mostly an experimental
side project."
Does this app download the hacker news comments as well? I should hope it does, as that's where a good 50% of the value from HN comes from, the community.
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http://github.com/facebook/three20
We need a comparative review of all the HN iPhone readers!
b) If you want something to read on the plane, you could load it all up at the gate and then enjoy it later.
Looks great - just bought it. :)
b) If you want something to read on the plane, you could load it all up at the gate and then enjoy it later.
Looks great - just bought it. :)
I won't be installing this tool though, since almost all the interesting pages on the web are split between multiple pages.
In addition, it misses the discussions, which are the best feature of HN
The NYT app is a life saver for this, I just download the morning's news on my way into the station, and then can read it on my commute.
If I can do a front-load of reading data and only have the data radios on for a fixed time (ideally, over wi-fi), that's going to be less of a battery drain than the on-again/off-again of casual browsing. Not to mention that it dramatically improves the reading experience to not be waiting on inconsistent data rates and server speeds during my reading time.
Anyone have any suggestions?
I wish however that this was HN's native web interface for the iPhone. I personally have no need for an offline reading nor do I want to use a separate app for that.
http://google.com/gwt/x?u=http://news.ycombinator.com/