Visual Hacker News
Consumer and social
hacker news client
SHOW HN2016
113points
44comments
#318of 2,264 in 2016
Top 15%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
7 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 7 mixed, 6 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score +0.07.
Design: 2 for, 5 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Novel visual way to browse; thumbnails help judge stories.
From 3 comments
This is the first alternative I feel is worth using. It actually adds something to the experience. I already found some articles where the headline was not that interesting but I…
Kiro on HNI second this, while also upvoting the OP because I think this is pretty novel and kudos to the author for putting it together. Scrolling through pictures makes me feel like my…
dantillberg on HNI am glad to see that the grid of images is actually equally aligned, rather than being presented as a jumbled, unequally-aligned mess like Pinterest's grid is.
tenkabuto on HN
Cool and useful project.
From 3 comments
I think this is really cool! Great job!
paulcole on HNLove it!
dragansah on HNVery nice
inder_gt on HN
Objections
Pinterest-style grid is tiring and hard to scan.
From 4 comments
Take this as constructive criticism, rather than a complaint. But the "pinterest" layout is exhausting at this point. Too many sites use it, and it's the opposite of a good user…
overcast on HNCool I guess, but it only serves to make me re-realise how much I dislike the grid layout. Edit: To be clear, it is nothing against the project itself. Only in general that it…
wingerlang on HNI agree - I think this is a great idea and really cool to see. However, when I first went to the site, there was something off putting about it which I couldn't put my finger on.…
yaworsk on HNTechnologically nice, but I really hate the Pinterest Way so I would never use a website with that kind of layout.
paride5745 on HN
Poor on mobile.
From 1 comment
Kinda cool, but pretty bad on mobile.
Tinyyy on HN
Requests
Show comment links.
From 2 comments
Could do with a link to comments.
freddref on HNI'd also like to see comment links. Very cool project and something I would use!
GBond on HN
Mark visited links.
From 1 comment
The only improvement I'd like to see is a way to know when I've already visited the link, i.e. purple/light gray links.
nmalaguti on HN
Questions
Why is the yeoman favicon used and why only some stories shown.
From 1 comment
I really like this. I'm sure there's features missing like comments and some kind of visited indicator but I like the thumbs. Helps to give context to the headline. I'm not…
buckbova on HN
Alternatives named
Other HN clients such as hn.premii.com, hckrnews.com and react-hn.
From 3 comments
Have to increase my list now... ``` React.js ``` http://hackernews.azurewebsites.net ``` React.js ``` http://hackernewsmobile.com ``` Vue.js ```…
wanda on HNI like http://hn.premii.com because it runs articles through the Instapaper API so you don't have to leave the site to read an article. It's also vastly faster than any of the…
amk_ on HNdo any of these do anything better than http://hckrnews.com
basch on HN