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Re:Ask HN: Why does HN require tiny baby fingers to operate ... by dinosaurbone on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:39PM (#36460193)
I use a third party app to get around this. Makes the mobile experience infinitely better in my opinion.
Re:Ask HN: Why does HN require tiny baby fingers to operate ... by vdgio on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:42PM (#36460218)
Any specific app you would recommend?
Re:Ask HN: Why does HN require tiny baby fingers to operate ... by RGBCube on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:48PM (#36460304)
I would recommend Hacki: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jiaqifeng....

It's the most featureful FOSS Android app for HN, it's UI is a breeze to navigate too (if you enable swipe gestures from the tiny settings!).

Re:Ask HN: Why does HN require tiny baby fingers to operate ... by Drybones on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:47PM (#36460290)
Re:Ask HN: Why does HN require tiny baby fingers to operate ... by blkhp19 on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:50PM (#36460330)
+1 to Octal being fantastic
Re:Ask HN: Why does HN require tiny baby fingers to operate ... by CharlesW on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:50PM (#36460329)
On iOS, HACK is my favorite of the several I've tried: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/hack-for-hacker-news-reader/id...

There's an Android version as well: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pranapps.h...

Re:Ask HN: Why does HN require tiny baby fingers to operate ... by RGBCube on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:53PM (#36460366)
The pain point for me with Hack is that the vibrations need the pro version to close (or literally anything in the settings).
Re:Ask HN: Why does HN require tiny baby fingers to operate ... by CharlesW on Saturday June 24, 2023 @01:02PM (#36460492)
Thank you — I knew it was free but didn't recall that I'd done the in-app "Premium" purchase. I'd still recommend it for anyone open to non-free (as in beer and/or freedom) apps.
Re:Ask HN: Why does HN require tiny baby fingers to operate ... by dinosaurbone on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:45PM (#36460258)
I'm using Harmonic for Android. Not sure if it's available for iOS. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simon.harm...
Re:Ask HN: Why does HN require tiny baby fingers to operate ... by RGBCube on Saturday June 24, 2023 @01:01PM (#36460468)
I'm trying Harmonic right now and it is really lacking in features, sure, the Material You is great but I can't edit my comments or see how many votes a comment/post has (and there is no Inbox?!).

Love the browser concept in it though, never seen anything like it before.

Re:Ask HN: Why does HN require tiny baby fingers to operate ... by sgbeal on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:55PM (#36460384)
Just installed, thank you.
Re:Ask HN: Why does HN require tiny baby fingers to operate ... by _proofs on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:46PM (#36460277)
if you're on android materialistic is p good.
Re:Ask HN: Why does HN require tiny baby fingers to operate ... by aniforprez on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:44PM (#36460245)
Harmonic on Android is pretty good
Re:Ask HN: Why does HN require tiny baby fingers to operate ... by ShamelessGenius on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @11:05AM (#36587635)
Not available on Github or Fdroid.
Re:Ask HN: Why does HN require tiny baby fingers to operate ... by KMnO4 on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:45PM (#36460254)
I would recommend taking a look for yourself. If I search the App Store for “Hacker News” I see no less than a dozen options. Shouldn’t take more than a minute to look at them and evaluate which one would be best for your needs.
Re:Ask HN: Why does HN require tiny baby fingers to operate ... by vdgio on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:48PM (#36460303)
I trust people here more than I trust the App Store algos though.
Re:Ask HN: Why does HN require tiny baby fingers to operate ... by sgbeal on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:42PM (#36460216)
Link please?
Re:Ask HN: Why does HN require tiny baby fingers to operate ... by arcanemachiner on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:46PM (#36460266)
Glider on Android is okay.
Re:Ask HN: Why does HN require tiny baby fingers to operate ... by FireInsight on Sunday June 25, 2023 @03:51AM (#36465894)
I love using Glider. What pains me however is how scuffed the commenting feels, and the UI jumps around a lot when opening a post with lots of comments...
Re:Ask HN: Why does HN require tiny baby fingers to operate ... by RGBCube on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:45PM (#36460261)
Hacki is the most featureful HN browsing app I've ever used, it's open source too. It really enhances the HN mobile experience.