On: How I built a Hacker News mobile web app

[ashamedlion]

Just downloaded it. A couple of suggestions:

- The design could use some tweaks. (Poor icons in the home screen, not vertically aligned title bar text, ugly "comments" title bar that scrolls with you, inconsistent orange color (click a link and you see the bottom bar is a different color to the top bar), puke color in the "pull to refresh", has a very non-native feel with the custom list view, awkward arrow that is low res in pull to refresh)

- No comment indentation so everything is difficult to follow in the comments

- No ability to login and comment?

- Awkward click regions on the list view. It should only allow you to press on one or two buttons, but instead I can press on the timestamp, the comments, the title or the background. It should be clearer

It's really quick, though, and that's lovely. Keep at it!

[nodemaker → ashamedlion]

Well..You do have an eye for detail.The title bar text is not vertically aligned indeed and I have missed it.

Login and comment will take some time, but I will try and see what I can do about the colors (especially the puke color on the drag refresh header!).

Thanks for the feedback!.Also please do check it out on the iPad.Thats where I have spent a lot of time.

[slash-dot → nodemaker]

That's a good start and i like the UI. I had some issues on the iPad 2 where transitions weren't really smooth but kind of laggy. The comments could be better arranged (some kind of tree were not only the top-level comments are different). Ashamedlion does have a point about the weird colours and the few refinements. Still the best hacker news app i have tried and will be looking forward for updates. Keep up the good work!

[nodemaker → slash-dot]

Thanks!.For the comments I am going to draw the table separator in a way such that it shows the depth of the comment below it.I dont want to waste space on such a small screen.