HackerScroll
Consumer and social
hacker news reader
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
5 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 2 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.21.
Design: 2 for, 2 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 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
Clean, good-looking design
From 4 comments
Looks beautiful
schleck8 on HNLooks great!
CodingPoem on HNNice! Great work!
skr5 on HNVery nice work and good design. I'd prefer if the expand button was on the right on mobile as it makes it easy to reach it with the thumb but no biggie. Also a similar collapse…
superasn on HN
Expanding link content is a useful feature
From 1 comment
I like the fact that you can expand the content of link submissions. I wish my fav HN reader app Octal (iOS) had this feature. On the other hand, to read comments with…
d4rkp4ttern on HN
Objections
Sticky header wastes screen space
From 2 comments
Why is it necessary to permanently reserve ~10% of the available screen space to show the name of the app and a GitHub link?
pimlottc on HNI agree. There's no need for a sticky header here.
ibdf on HN
Too much whitespace, fewer stories visible than HN
From 1 comment
Loved the concept, but there's too much white-space, lot's of screen real-estate lost. On my MacBook Pro 16-inches, I can see 12 stories on HS while on HN, I can see 27 at one…
tnsittpsif on HN
No dark mode
From 2 comments
Very nice. Just missing a dark mode.
tadbit on HNAgreed on dark mode! It looks good with dark reader though. [0] [0]https://darkreader.org/
slickdork on HN
Requests
Dark mode
From 3 comments
Very nice. Just missing a dark mode.
tadbit on HNAgreed on dark mode! It looks good with dark reader though. [0] [0]https://darkreader.org/
slickdork on HNLoved the concept, but there's too much white-space, lot's of screen real-estate lost. On my MacBook Pro 16-inches, I can see 12 stories on HS while on HN, I can see 27 at one…
tnsittpsif on HN
Show comment and upvote counts
From 1 comment
This is incredible. Nice work. Would love to see the number of comments/upvotes
motoxpro on HN
Read comments inline, not only on the original page
From 1 comment
I like the fact that you can expand the content of link submissions. I wish my fav HN reader app Octal (iOS) had this feature. On the other hand, to read comments with…
d4rkp4ttern on HN
Embed Twitter links
From 2 comments
Nice, I was wondering how it would embed twitter links but those submissions seem to be hidden by default
udbhavs on HNHackerScroll already detects and embeds YouTube links, I am going to look into doing the same with Twitter links.
ksdme9 on HN
Questions
Why a sticky header takes up screen space
From 1 comment
Why is it necessary to permanently reserve ~10% of the available screen space to show the name of the app and a GitHub link?
pimlottc on HN
Alternatives named
Dark Reader browser extension
From 2 comments
Agreed on dark mode! It looks good with dark reader though. [0] [0]https://darkreader.org/
slickdork on HNLoved the concept, but there's too much white-space, lot's of screen real-estate lost. On my MacBook Pro 16-inches, I can see 12 stories on HS while on HN, I can see 27 at one…
tnsittpsif on HN
Octal iOS Hacker News reader
From 1 comment
I like the fact that you can expand the content of link submissions. I wish my fav HN reader app Octal (iOS) had this feature. On the other hand, to read comments with…
d4rkp4ttern on HN