Hacker XP
Consumer and social
hacker news client
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
7 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 29 comments about the project. Thread score +0.14.
Design: 7 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 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
Nostalgic XP-era aesthetic and clear layout
From 3 comments
Thanks for making this (despite the hiccups and error 500s). I love the aesthetics of that era so much: Efficient usage of screen space, clear borders between different elements…
curiousfab on HNHad a brief, glorious glimpse amidst a host of "500 Internal Server Error"s: https://imgur.com/a/y3896NY EDIT: Did not know that links and text could be combined in a single…
miles on HNIt's... it's beautiful. Thank you.
ohforsure on HN
Full screen mode and attention to detail
From 1 comment
This plus full screen (F11)! chef's kiss
gred on HN
Objections
Frequent 500 errors under load
From 3 comments
I’m excited to try it but getting “ 500 Internal Server Error.” right now. Will check back later- looking forward to it!
akoster on HNI keep having 500 errors... Denial of service? As said elsewhere, server errors should look have a BSoD-like appearance ;)
otagekki on HNcurrently getting an internal server error on your website, but I can't blame you for being on the front page!
only4here on HN
Does not render well on mobile
From 1 comment
This is adorable. A little broken on my iPhone 8, but that’s to be expected; it’s meant to emulate a desktop experience.
lostgame on HN
Scraping the DOM instead of using the HN API
From 1 comment
Quite surprised that you're scraping HN and parse the DOM. Maybe should try use the API? https://github.com/HackerNews/API
cheeaun on HN
Requests
Show a blue screen of death on errors
From 3 comments
Missed opportunity to style the 500 page as a BSOD.
mulmen on HNWhy is the 500 error page not a blue screen.
nik736 on HNDisappointed the 500 error I got wasn't a blue screen of death.
barelysapient on HN
Add caching and use the HN API
From 2 comments
Nice re-skin. Suggestions vs. the 500's: · Show the rest of the page if the HN content isn't loadable. The server doesn't seem to have any problem delivering the static assets,…
password4321 on HNQuite surprised that you're scraping HN and parse the DOM. Maybe should try use the API? https://github.com/HackerNews/API
cheeaun on HN
Questions
Is posting text with a link in Show HN new?
From 1 comment
I didn't know it was possible to make an HN post with both text, and an URL. Is this a new feature?
Retr0id on HN
Alternatives named
Thunderbird as an RSS reader for HN
From 1 comment
You can get most of the functionality in the page (which isn't much) by setting up Thunderbird (which with the classic layout looks very similar to Outlook Express) as an RSS…
badsectoracula on HN
Forte Agent newsreader
From 1 comment
Ahhh.. looks like good old NNTP. Time to get https://www.forteinc.com/agent/ again?
jbverschoor on HN
Progress Quest
From 1 comment
the interface reminds me a little bit of progress quest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Quest
walrus01 on HN