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SHOW HN2024
251points
82comments
#292of 3,515 in 2024
Top 9%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
19 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 11 critical, out of 46 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Design: 9 for, 7 againstIdea: 6 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 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
Layout is a good alternative to vanilla HN and the day tabs help
From 3 comments
While i have to admit, from all the alternative frontends i have seen over the years (and there have been alot) this is by far the best. Tho as many others mention, one of the…
voodooEntity on HNI prefer the density of the original, but your addition of "Today", "Yesterday", "Wednesday"... buttons is excellent. That is much more useful than the infinite scroll on the…
cjsawyer on HNOne of the best HN redesigns I've seen in that it's not just "add whitespace" but is a totally different layout. My take on social media is that you have to have an image in a…
PaulHoule on HN
Airport story image made readers open an article they would have skipped
From 2 comments
From today: "Portland Airport Grows With Expansive Mass Timber Roof Canopy" is a good example. I wouldn't have opened this story on Hacker News, but the image displayed on Hacker…
lukasfoisy on HNThat is an extremely impressive roof, and I agree that the title isnt grabbing. I too clicked on the picture but had previously skipped the article on HN.
alt227 on HN
Objections
Images add clutter and HN's minimalism and density are its main strength
From 4 comments
While i have to admit, from all the alternative frontends i have seen over the years (and there have been alot) this is by far the best. Tho as many others mention, one of the…
voodooEntity on HNI want to thank you for doing this, but for a different reason: it reminded me how much I appreciate the vanilla HN layout. I viscerally HATE all the news sites that look like…
rkagerer on HNThe saying, “If it ain't broke, don’t fix it,” comes to mind. I’m all for progress, but Hacker News's simplicity and density are its major features.
redm on HNGood effort, but tbh the absence of pictures is actually what I like about HN, that's why I could never get into daily.dev
yoda97 on HN
Crowdsourced images look generated or are off-topic and distracting
From 3 comments
I want to thank you for doing this, but for a different reason: it reminded me how much I appreciate the vanilla HN layout. I viscerally HATE all the news sites that look like…
rkagerer on HNPersonally, I don’t care for the images on the articles. I find them distracting from the information I actually want, the headline and content. It seems that their purpose is…
redeux on HNThe site is neat, but the airport article is really the only one that benefits from an image though. It'd be nice to not have to scroll past logos, stock images, etc.
sjf on HN
Site fails with VPN or ad blocker due to S3 CORS errors
From 2 comments
The UI is very nice. Congratulations on the release, with all the articles about releasing the last few days must feel good. Does not like my VPN / AdBlocker, getting a few CORS…
Sn0wCoder on HNSame issue need to turn off VPN / AdBlock....
Sn0wCoder on HN
Hotlinking images raises privacy and copyright concerns
From 2 comments
I notice you're hotlinking the images from their respective sources. This isn't ideal from a privacy PoV, because you're basically announcing your presence to tens of different…
Retr0id on HNCopying images is a copyright issue.
ipaddr on HN
Requests
Category filters or tabs to exclude topics
From 1 comment
I like how this looks but I have a feature suggestion.... Could you crowd-source categories/tags for the stories and then try and implement an opt-in / opt-out function that lets…
badcppdev on HN
Search
From 1 comment
Adding search would be a nice value-add
mrbluecoat on HN
Permalinks for past dates
From 1 comment
One tip, it might be an idea to create permalinks, so that people can open up the page at any specific date instead of just the past week. I don't know if that's feasible though,…
Cthulhu_ on HN
Dark theme option
From 1 comment
Dark theme option comes to mind.
lastdong on HN
Way to raise the image threshold
From 1 comment
Is there a way I can raise the threshold? Not every story is deserving of a photo, and if their presence felt more curated it might significantly improve my experience on your…
rkagerer on HN
Questions
How is the image crowdsourcing done and could OGP previews be used
From 1 comment
I'm not sure how the pics/subtitled are crowdsourced, but I'm wondering if it'd fare just as well simply using the OGP protocol? ie, the preview cards we see in most…
prophesi on HN
Is the site sustainable long term and what are the hosting costs
From 1 comment
Thanks for being willing to stick your neck out by putting your own spin on things! I'm always interested to hear more about the sustainability of alternative HN frontends... the…
password4321 on HN
Alternatives named
hckrnews.com
From 2 comments
This other alternative interface might interest you: https://hckrnews.com/ Fairly high density, divided by day, and able to reduce down to groups of Top 10 / Top 20 / Top 50%.…
kayge on HNVery true of course, but I find that at this point, I use https://hckrnews.com/ as much as I use vanilla HN now, at this point, as often I want this a bit fresher and raw. Of…
PeterHolzwarth on HN
Histre HN tag app
From 1 comment
You might like this: https://histre.com/hn/ (Disclosure: I made it)
kirubakaran on HN
hnrss.org feeds and newsboat
From 1 comment
My first reaction was: this is super cool. I can't say whether I'll stick to it as I often read HN via newsboat and https://hnrss.org/frontpage, but I'll give it a try! Thanks…
mr_mitm on HN
news.facts.dev
From 1 comment
Always great to see alternative hackernews frontends! I really like the newspaper like layout. My own hackernews frontend project is this: https://news.facts.dev/interests The…
uwemaurer on HN