Narwhal

Consumer and social

reddit client

SHOW HN2014

10points
13comments
#1,836of 2,272 in 2014
Top 81%of 2014 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

7 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.49.

Design: 3 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Illustrated design with personality, stands out from flat iOS 7 apps

    From 1 comment
    • I like the illustrative design a lot. Other apps are so plain and boring flat iOS7 while this app has personality :) Well done!
      zainali on HN
  • Swipe gestures to upvote, downvote and save are easy to use

    From 1 comment
    • Nice job. I really like the ease of swiping to up vote, down vote, and save.
      hua on HN
  • Better than other iOS Reddit apps

    From 1 comment
    • This looks great. I've never been happy with the other iOS applications for Reddit, Narwhal will probably be my default Reddit application now.
      estebanrules on HN

Objections

  • Branding in the titlebar left-aligned and Android-like patterns

    From 1 comment
    • Interesting, this seems to have taken quite a bit of UI inspiration from Android design patterns. - Branding in the titlebar, left aligned. I must admit, I really dislike this…
      danpalmer on HN

Requests

  • Offline saving of subreddits or front page

    From 1 comment
    • I would love to be able to click a button to "save offline" a specific subreddit (or my front page). I take the subway to work and don't have reliable access to the internet when…
      rcrowell on HN
  • iPad version

    From 1 comment
  • Mod tools and sidebar viewing

    From 1 comment
    • Looks nice, I'm about to install and have a look. Does it have access to mod tools? Does it allow people to view the sidebar? How easy is it to run alt accounts with narwhal?
      DanBC on HN

Questions

  • Does it support alt accounts?

    From 1 comment
    • Looks nice, I'm about to install and have a look. Does it have access to mod tools? Does it allow people to view the sidebar? How easy is it to run alt accounts with narwhal?
      DanBC on HN

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