So simple, so (nearly) perfect.
Love the app, have been using it for years.
However, a recent update (accidentally?) removed the "collapse root" feature from the context menu.
Pretty please bring that small affordance back.
However, a recent update (accidentally?) removed the "collapse root" feature from the context menu.
Pretty please bring that small affordance back.
Excellent overall, but search needs work
The UI is well designed, intuitive, attractive. It’s my preferred way to read HN.
But I use the search a lot, and it’s very primitive. I typically have to switch to my desktop’s browser to find anything.
The number one thing missing is a date filter. Preferably that allows selecting start/end dates, but even just a dropdown with common ranges would suffice.
HN has a lot of content about topics that move quickly, so I often want to see results from the last X time period. But sort by date, and only see bad submissions that never got traction. Sort by relevance and see popular submissions from 12 years ago. And a hard cap on number of results, so I can’t dig deeper even if I wanted to. It leaves much to be desired.
But I use the search a lot, and it’s very primitive. I typically have to switch to my desktop’s browser to find anything.
The number one thing missing is a date filter. Preferably that allows selecting start/end dates, but even just a dropdown with common ranges would suffice.
HN has a lot of content about topics that move quickly, so I often want to see results from the last X time period. But sort by date, and only see bad submissions that never got traction. Sort by relevance and see popular submissions from 12 years ago. And a hard cap on number of results, so I can’t dig deeper even if I wanted to. It leaves much to be desired.
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Terrible design update
Why ruin UX for everyone and make the website open with half an inch less screen space? This is ridiculous.
Last update not great
Lost the option to never use the internal browser, dont know if its a bug or intended behavior
Response from developer
This has been fixed with 5.1.0. Thanks for the feedback!
Pretty good
The app works pretty well on both iphone and ipad, far better than the hacked news website. It's often pretty responsive, though sometimes there are delays when refreshing the home page or loading an article's comments.
