HN Deck uses Hacker News api to display all tabs in a single page. The interface is inspired from tweetdeck. Code for this app is here https://github.com/sagunsh/hndeck
the "like it? spread the word" header takes about ~25% of my screen and doesnt go away until i specifically put my thumb on that and scroll down. you should at least at a 'dismiss' button to permanently hide that.
after that you're in desperate need of some navigation. put a floating button somewhere which pops up the names of each column, so you're able to quickly jump to it.
the cards itself also are in desperate need of an overhaul for mobile devices. why arent the comments | discuss | url with flex space-between for example. and why is there a line at the bottom of the card?
seems to capture the spirit of tweetdeck on desktop though, so congrats on that front!
It would be more usable with the share links at the bottom and smaller column headings. Personally I don't often look at the Jobs posts so having a checkbox to hide it would leave more room for other columns' text.
If something could be done to make the 'line 2' info fit on one line would be awesome:
Ask HN: How to avoid over-engineering
software design for future us...
181 points by h43k3r a day ago
190 comments | discuss
Hover text for both abbreviated titles (and line 2) is useful.
Btw, I also made a 2-col browser that groups by post date. Click the column headings to change view modes. https://hackerer.news
- some visual hierarchy would be good, right now it's quite hard to read at a glance. Some quick CSS overrides, a bit buggy but you get the idea - https://imgur.com/ztmCSNQ - you probably don't also need all the extra info, the headline and number of upvotes/comments most interesting
- I think most of the time you're not interested in jobs or some of the other columns, would be nice to turn them off or add other ones you are interested in (like let's say all recent posts/comments from users XYZ)
-it would be nice to have a preview of the comments without opening the post
While it blocks one third of the screen on mobile, what problem is this trying to solve? I feel like I am missing the point of this and miss out on something maybe good.
Interesting idea, but I think the comments count; "x comments" should probably be clickable as anyone from HN will instinctively click that, not the "discuss" text.
I want to say thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I just assumed that the explanation for atrocious conversion number was bad layout. ( Note to myself: check your website forms every couple of days. )
Side topic, I remember a HN post about a checklist for launching a project. If someone remember it, I would love find retrieve the link.
I haven't seen the site yet; I get the following error text:
>Connection to upstream skipped
Request ID: 85531377-4387-4f46-8e4e-6db4cd84a094
I'm more concerned about the lack of https. Does your site support SSL? I'll check it out either way, just wasn't present in your original link. For what its worth, I get the same type of error with https.
It works! I'm not sure what I expected, but this is neat. How are the topics generated per post, if you don't mind my asking? Is it automated or curated?
I like stock HN. The only thing I want to add is some way to skip a long set of subcomments, down to the next top-level one. When a discussion under a single comment spans pages, it's hard to judge tab level and know where to stop scrolling (at least, when I'm on mobile) . Come to think of it, some kind of more distinctive styling on top level ones to make them stand out would also work.
I see you are able to open the URLs directly - something the app I use seems unable to do - perhaps it’s time for me to changes apps.
A feature I’d enjoy is the ability to open both the story and the comments at the same time. I almost always do so manually anyway - i like comparing the (often) hyperbolic article with a does of reality/sense in the comments. Or is it the other way around?
I keep trying to find the time to write something myself - perhaps in Swift or Capacitor. An HN reader seems like a good first project to learn a new language or technology.
This reminds me of a view I have wanted to create but have been too busy to think about. I would like the ability to dismiss stories (swipe away or click [x]). This would allow me to filter out things I'm done with or don't want to engage with. Bonus points for stories coming back if their points increase passed some threshold. This would be limited to the page itself, so it would not be some infinite scroll thing pulling from page 2, 3, etc. It would just have stories from page 1.
Slightly off topic, but I built a feed aggregator for reddit and HN a few weeks ago: https://readr.page/ (https://github.com/vibhuagrawal14/readr.page)
I am going to borrow your interface and add ask/show/jobs/new for HN feed and hot/new/top for reddit!
1. Trim top part to add more spaces, 2. Link the column headings to /best, /ask, respectively, 3. Remove "Discuss" and link "comments", 4. Fix height (Getting double scroll in small monitors)
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[ 3.8 ms ] story [ 98.2 ms ] threadthe "like it? spread the word" header takes about ~25% of my screen and doesnt go away until i specifically put my thumb on that and scroll down. you should at least at a 'dismiss' button to permanently hide that.
after that you're in desperate need of some navigation. put a floating button somewhere which pops up the names of each column, so you're able to quickly jump to it.
the cards itself also are in desperate need of an overhaul for mobile devices. why arent the comments | discuss | url with flex space-between for example. and why is there a line at the bottom of the card?
seems to capture the spirit of tweetdeck on desktop though, so congrats on that front!
It worked fine in chrome and firefox so I thought it's good enough. I will try to fix it in coming days.
It would be more usable with the share links at the bottom and smaller column headings. Personally I don't often look at the Jobs posts so having a checkbox to hide it would leave more room for other columns' text.
If something could be done to make the 'line 2' info fit on one line would be awesome:
Hover text for both abbreviated titles (and line 2) is useful.Btw, I also made a 2-col browser that groups by post date. Click the column headings to change view modes. https://hackerer.news
- some visual hierarchy would be good, right now it's quite hard to read at a glance. Some quick CSS overrides, a bit buggy but you get the idea - https://imgur.com/ztmCSNQ - you probably don't also need all the extra info, the headline and number of upvotes/comments most interesting
- I think most of the time you're not interested in jobs or some of the other columns, would be nice to turn them off or add other ones you are interested in (like let's say all recent posts/comments from users XYZ)
-it would be nice to have a preview of the comments without opening the post
I also miss seeing the clickable domain next to the submission's title rather than all the way down at the bottom
Side topic, I remember a HN post about a checklist for launching a project. If someone remember it, I would love find retrieve the link.
EDIT: It should work now !
>Connection to upstream skipped Request ID: 85531377-4387-4f46-8e4e-6db4cd84a094
I'm more concerned about the lack of https. Does your site support SSL? I'll check it out either way, just wasn't present in your original link. For what its worth, I get the same type of error with https.
I see you are able to open the URLs directly - something the app I use seems unable to do - perhaps it’s time for me to changes apps.
A feature I’d enjoy is the ability to open both the story and the comments at the same time. I almost always do so manually anyway - i like comparing the (often) hyperbolic article with a does of reality/sense in the comments. Or is it the other way around?
I keep trying to find the time to write something myself - perhaps in Swift or Capacitor. An HN reader seems like a good first project to learn a new language or technology.
https://damng.github.io/hackernews-rss-with-inlined-content/...
https://damng.github.io/hackernews-rss-with-inlined-content/...
$curl --head https://damng.github.io/hackernews-rss-with-inlined-content/...
HTTP/2 200
server: GitHub.com
content-type: application/rss+xml; charset=utf-8
Chrome just doesn't support RSS.
a) no need for more button; b) optimized for big screens; c) open-source;
1. Trim top part to add more spaces, 2. Link the column headings to /best, /ask, respectively, 3. Remove "Discuss" and link "comments", 4. Fix height (Getting double scroll in small monitors)