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.
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Re:Ask HN: Why does HN require tiny baby fingers to operate ...
by vdgio on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:42PM
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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
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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)
I use Octal on iOS/iPhone
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/octal-for-hacker-news/id130888...
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
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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
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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
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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
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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...