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Show HN: HackerScroll, A simple and clean inline Hacker News submissions reader

by ksdme9 on 12/30/21, 4:41 PM with 20 comments

• by pimlottc on 12/30/21, 10:33 PM

  Why is it necessary to permanently reserve ~10% of the available screen space to show the name of the app and a GitHub link?

• by d4rkp4ttern on 12/31/21, 4:03 AM

  I like the fact that you can expand the content of link submissions. I wish my fav HN reader app Octal (iOS) had this feature. On the other hand, to read comments with HackerScroll you have to go the original page ( which is less pleasant to read), whereas with Octal comments are laid out really nicely.

• by superasn on 12/31/21, 3:57 AM

  Very nice work and good design.

  I'd prefer if the expand button was on the right on mobile as it makes it easy to reach it with the thumb but no biggie. Also a similar collapse for viewing the top level comments can be a wonderful idea.

• by tnsittpsif on 1/3/22, 7:41 AM

  Loved the concept, but there's too much white-space, lot's of screen real-estate lost.

  On my MacBook Pro 16-inches, I can see 12 stories on HS while on HN, I can see 27 at one go.

  I am not saying the UI needs to be as dense as it is on `news.ycombinator.com` but it can be much more denser than what it is right now.

  Also, +1 for dark mode, although, DarkReader works quite well for now!

• by udbhavs on 12/31/21, 3:56 AM

  Nice, I was wondering how it would embed twitter links but those submissions seem to be hidden by default

• by tadbit on 12/30/21, 7:27 PM

  Very nice. Just missing a dark mode.

• by motoxpro on 12/30/21, 10:07 PM

  This is incredible. Nice work. Would love to see the number of comments/upvotes

• by auraham on 12/30/21, 7:39 PM

  Awesome piece of code!

• by schleck8 on 1/2/22, 7:06 PM

  Looks beautiful

• by skr5 on 12/30/21, 5:34 PM

  Nice! Great work!

• by CodingPoem on 12/30/21, 8:15 PM

  Looks great!