By the very measurable metric of distance between the UI elements - as every self respecting Ux designer knows, the larger the distance, the higher the quality.
I'm not the original commenter but I agree that it's generally readable, although it's not exactly pleasant on my AMOLED phone where the background is really dark if not black. If I turn the brightness down the white text becomes a little dimmer which helps, though I would prefer a slightly less dark background instead.
EDIT: Yes, the background is #161718, so not quite black.
I like the look of it. I prefer dark themes. Having a bunch of different togglable sources is a nice touch.
I'm ad tolerant. I'm pleased that ads are clearly delineated as ads.
It's less dense than HN. On HN /new I can see 15 stories. On Hackeroo I can see 6. The "read later" and "discussion" links don't need to be there, and could be toggled off maybe?
I agree w/ this sentiment. Might be a thought to have a pro version that maybe lets you bookmark and write 'notes' about things seen on these. I get startup ideas and app ideas from these sources, and it'd be nice to be able to star them in one place, order the stars by priority, have one unified inbox, and stuff like that.... probably a lot more work, but it'd be cool as hell.
Constructive feedback here. Don't take this thread personally, I'm sure it was a great learning experience but as a final product is not nearly there.
I don't have data to back up it but I feel that the actual UI and the lack of ads of HN are important factors on its success. Simple, in the long term, usually wins. Ok you like dark mode, make a browser extension that does it.
Examples of relevant alternative front-ends for HN:
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 68.1 ms ] threadEDIT: Yes, the background is #161718, so not quite black.
Also some of the discussion links don't work.
And I couldn't use the back-button to get back to regular HN.
Frankly, this sucks.
I'm ad tolerant. I'm pleased that ads are clearly delineated as ads.
It's less dense than HN. On HN /new I can see 15 stories. On Hackeroo I can see 6. The "read later" and "discussion" links don't need to be there, and could be toggled off maybe?
But it's nice!
I don't have data to back up it but I feel that the actual UI and the lack of ads of HN are important factors on its success. Simple, in the long term, usually wins. Ok you like dark mode, make a browser extension that does it.
Examples of relevant alternative front-ends for HN:
https://hckrnews.com/
https://hnews.xyz/
Brave has a dark mode flag on Android.
I'm kinda was confused by the sorting functionality between different sources. I think I would prefer HN itself or Feedly.