Would you be opposed to a pull request adding login/posting support? I think the way it works in Octal is webview for login, snatching the cookies out of the webview, then using the same posting endpoints as the website with the cookie.
msephton 2 hours ago [-]
I'm posting this from a test feature I'm working on for your app: HN login, comments, replies, edit, etc.
I've also filed some smaller PRs.
cadamsdotcom 21 hours ago [-]
Looks great!
It seems you’re nervous about getting permission to show what you made to the world from Apple.
May I suggest you encourage people who want to use the app to get their own subscription and build and install it themselves, or consider AltStore/SideStore. Or go via TestFlight with your own monetization built in.
No one should need permission to ship from a trillion dollar company.
UqWBcuFx6NV4r 19 hours ago [-]
This is a long bow to draw just for an excuse to get on your soapbox about Apple, especially talking to someone who has definitely heard it all before and has definitely formed their own view on this particular topic (and doesn’t need proselytising from you).
cadamsdotcom 18 hours ago [-]
Only offering ideas, people are free to ignore them.
You never know - OP might not have thought of these options.
krageon 13 hours ago [-]
I thought it was interesting to read. It had some information I didn't have before.
newdee 1 days ago [-]
Looks great, do you plan on publishing to the AppStore?
sylwester 1 days ago [-]
If it is possible and Apple accepts the app.
gavinmckenzie 1 days ago [-]
Well done. As a colour blind person (and iOS developer) I am thrilled anytime an app doesn’t rely on colour cues alone. I’ve used Hack and Octal but I am going to give your app a try.
shelled 24 hours ago [-]
HN is quite nice inside a desktop browser, but mobile browsers are a different story altogether. But even there, it fares slightly better than old.reddit.com. So looks like I should dust off that xcode.
Got to give you kudos for the Accessibility enablement though - while some of it is baked-in support, it’s worth appreciating your work in whittling down whatever else can be supported.
I'm curious if you used a particular tool for this comparison or a LLM. I ask because (layered irony) I'm making a general tool for multi-dimensional item comparisons, using Claude to build the tool (but not the comparisons, not that I mind).
Calgaryp 6 hours ago [-]
Just starred it on github ;)
Looks very good !
ethanhq 17 hours ago [-]
The information comes from HN; would there be a risk of copyright infringement if the product were listed on the App Store?
lemming 22 hours ago [-]
One thing that would be useful in the readme is instructions on how to install the built app on a phone, for those of us who don’t do iOS development.
kamyarg 22 hours ago [-]
Could not find the appstore link, is it published there?
ios-contractor 1 days ago [-]
Looks great. Does it support pinch zoom like webpage hn does
UqWBcuFx6NV4r 19 hours ago [-]
Needing to resort to pinch and zoom for everything is an indicator of bad accessibility. HN “supporting” pinch and zoom is more like… HN not being responsive and/or being good about dynamic text size.
roger_ 1 days ago [-]
Any chance of HN getting angry about this, à la Reddit?
rkagerer 24 hours ago [-]
Ok. I don't need or want this.
Doesn't mean others can't find it useful. e.g. I bet some portion of users would appreciate Dark mode without resorting to CSS tweaks. /rant
altairprime 22 hours ago [-]
(Perhaps they meant as in Is This At Risk of the Apollo Apocalypse rather than as in behaving more like Reddit?)
UqWBcuFx6NV4r 19 hours ago [-]
* HN reader apps have existed forever.
* There is a public API.
^ The incentives for “getting angry” aren’t there, like they were for Reddit.
Think critically.
pi-victor 21 hours ago [-]
i've been using hackfeed, it does the job.
make this available on testflight, this looks great, would love to daily drive it.
+1 for the accessibility features, great job!
_dharmik_ 24 hours ago [-]
Are you planning to release Android version as well ?
sylwester 10 hours ago [-]
I will check if it is possible to build for Android.
1 days ago [-]
Tiberium 1 days ago [-]
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Rendered at 18:37:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) with Vercel.
I’ve been using [Octal](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/octal-for-hacker-news/id130888...) for a while now but it’s not open source.
Would you be opposed to a pull request adding login/posting support? I think the way it works in Octal is webview for login, snatching the cookies out of the webview, then using the same posting endpoints as the website with the cookie.
I've also filed some smaller PRs.
It seems you’re nervous about getting permission to show what you made to the world from Apple.
May I suggest you encourage people who want to use the app to get their own subscription and build and install it themselves, or consider AltStore/SideStore. Or go via TestFlight with your own monetization built in.
No one should need permission to ship from a trillion dollar company.
You never know - OP might not have thought of these options.
Got to give you kudos for the Accessibility enablement though - while some of it is baked-in support, it’s worth appreciating your work in whittling down whatever else can be supported.
Here is a comparison for the two on Mac, if you're interested. https://gq6o9uxicyzuw8es6qxe78bnml9wc3re.pastehtml.dev/#core
Doesn't mean others can't find it useful. e.g. I bet some portion of users would appreciate Dark mode without resorting to CSS tweaks. /rant
* There is a public API.
^ The incentives for “getting angry” aren’t there, like they were for Reddit.
Think critically.
make this available on testflight, this looks great, would love to daily drive it.
+1 for the accessibility features, great job!