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SHOW HN2013
43points
46comments
#586of 1,739 in 2013
Top 34%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
6 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score +0.02.
Idea: 2 for, 3 againstDesign: 3 for, 1 againstDocs: 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 design and works on small screens
From 2 comments
I really like the fact that your site seems to work well even with my reduced window width. If you're looking to seed your site with other ideas there are many existing add-ons…
DanBC on HNIf there will ever come a day when I can ditch the Chrome's HN+ plugin to make HN look good, it will probably be with that. So I'm all for it. Great idea.
codefoe on HN
Gives people ideas for smaller projects
From 1 comment
It gives people looking for a smaller project some ideas.
DanBC on HN
Objections
Ideas are fantasy; HN changes unlikely to be implemented
From 2 comments
This is all fantasy. PG runs this in his spare time off a single server. Every feature I saw on the list has viable workarounds. Yes, it'd be nice if they were supported out of…
tsm on HNWhere? It talks about "improv[ing] Hacker News" by commenting and voting on HNW ideas--those aren't very concrete. It later admits that the chances of any of this making it into…
tsm on HN
Mobile view needs pinch zoom
From 1 comment
Mobile friendly site. I can never view this site while on my cell phone without having to pinch zoom.
KurtMueller on HN
Lacks downvotes
From 1 comment
Nice idea. A couple of bugs I noticed while poking around on the site: The sign in box seems to break Firefox's ability to save the username and password. When signed in, the…
JoshTriplett on HN
Requests
Add downvotes
From 1 comment
Nice idea. A couple of bugs I noticed while poking around on the site: The sign in box seems to break Firefox's ability to save the username and password. When signed in, the…
JoshTriplett on HN
Tagging posts by topic such as startups
From 2 comments
Nice implementation of a suggestion/voting site. My suggestion is singular: Let posts be tagged for startups, and bootstrapping, so I can filter everything else out. I'm happy to…
j45 on HNTagging has been requested here multiple times, is controversial, and has never been implemented. I, for one, am very much in favor of it. I'd love to be able to filter out…
gnosis on HN
Official responsive mobile version
From 1 comment
There's this: http://ihackernews.com/ However, I'd really like an official responsive version.
vahe on HN
Built-in notifications like hnnotify
From 2 comments
>I use hnnotify, which works really well but relies on scraping. I'd love to see official functionality that works pretty much identically to hnnotify. If it's working "really…
tsm on HNMaybe at some point whoever is behind hnnotify will decide they don't want to pay a huge Sendgrid/Mailgun/whatever bill anymore and shut it down. There's also the simple problem…
sgdesign on HN
Questions
What is the argument or purpose of the site?
From 2 comments
This is all fantasy. PG runs this in his spare time off a single server. Every feature I saw on the list has viable workarounds. Yes, it'd be nice if they were supported out of…
tsm on HNWhere? It talks about "improv[ing] Hacker News" by commenting and voting on HNW ideas--those aren't very concrete. It later admits that the chances of any of this making it into…
tsm on HN
Alternatives named
Lobste.rs
From 1 comment
I don't have an account there, but it's worth pointing out that alternative sites like https://lobste.rs do exist.
tsm on HN
Reddit as a replacement
From 1 comment
You know what? Improving HN is a waste of time. Why can't we just migrate to a better link aggregator, such as Reddit? It would basically fix everything (including design, mobile…
miguelrochefort on HN
ihackernews mobile client
From 1 comment
There's this: http://ihackernews.com/ However, I'd really like an official responsive version.
vahe on HN
hnnotify
From 1 comment
>I use hnnotify, which works really well but relies on scraping. I'd love to see official functionality that works pretty much identically to hnnotify. If it's working "really…
tsm on HN
HN browser extensions and userscripts on GitHub
From 1 comment
I really like the fact that your site seems to work well even with my reduced window width. If you're looking to seed your site with other ideas there are many existing add-ons…
DanBC on HN