Hacker News Reader for the iPad
Consumer and social
news reader
SHOW HN2011
17points
11comments
#565of 1,097 in 2011
Top 52%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Idea: 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
Good to see people building HN readers
From 1 comment
Nice work. Good to know people are working on this kind of stuff. Will check out the code. Made a one-page site for an HN reader too but just for the web. Been planning to roll…
richardg on HN
Objections
OpenID login not supported in the first version
From 1 comment
As @BenSS mentioned, Safari doesn't share cookies with UIWebView object. Also I'm planning on implementing the comments views with native UI, therefore I will have to handle all…
arikfr on HN
Requests
OpenID login support
From 2 comments
Looks great. As someone who logins using OpenID, in order for this app to be useful, I'd need that feature. Currently, I don't know of any apps that let me do that, but I bet…
kloncks on HNIt's doable, but I skipped it in the HN reader for iPad that I did. Why? Because of the people I know who read HN, none of them use OpenID. Unfortunately, the mobile Safari…
BenSS on HN
Features from Reeder such as Instapaper and pinboard sharing
From 1 comment
Seriously, reeder is already a great experience for me. My app use looks very similar to your screenshots, but with the typography of reeder already baked in. With just a click I…
xyzzyb on HN
Questions
Can the app share login cookies with Safari
From 1 comment
It's doable, but I skipped it in the HN reader for iPad that I did. Why? Because of the people I know who read HN, none of them use OpenID. Unfortunately, the mobile Safari…
BenSS on HN
Alternatives named
Reeder with HN RSS feed
From 1 comment
I have a great experience pointing Reeder at the hacker news rss feed. Its readability feature allows me to, with a click either parse the linked article into a nice looking…
xyzzyb on HN
ihackernews.com web app
From 1 comment
Flipboard
From 1 comment
I use flipboard.
nickythegreek on HN