Show HN: Yet another Hacker News client

[take_it_not]

Hi there everybody, I have been working on this Hacker News client recently and just want to share it here and hopefully gather some feedbacks!, thanks!

GitHub link: https://github.com/Livinglist/Hacki?test

[godfuker]

Looks nice, is it native? Clickable: https://github.com/Livinglist/Hacki

[Seirdy]

No, it's not native; it looks like it uses Flutter, which implements its own UI behavior.

IMO, flutter feels even less native than web apps. At least the latter uses system font rendering, supports system-set color palettes (an option in Firefox prefs), supports system preferred keybinds for text editing, system scrollbars, etc.

[take_it_not]

totally understand, another thing I don't like about Flutter is that it cannot use the system's selection menu when you select text in textfield. All it supports is copy/paste...

[godfuker]

That’s not too good

[kebsup]

Nice! A few notes: - sometimes i like to go to the link/other times straight to the comments - settings was very hard to find - the top bar padding feels off - i like to click on comment to collapse it, if i don't care about its replies - Back button should work for changing categories - maybe flutter 3?

[take_it_not]

hi there! thanks for feedbacks!

[anosidium]

Nice app. What network client are you using for user authentication, upvote, reply etc.?

[take_it_not]

hi there, I assume you are talking about library I’m using? I’m using Dio for it.

[anosidium]

I've looked up Dio library and it appears to be a general-purpose network client. What I was asking is did you write your own solution to interact Hacker News website for user authentication, upvoting, downvoting etc.? Or are you using a third-party solution that does it for you?

[russellendicott]

Installed. Very smooth, no bugs. I guess the only way to reply to comments is in browser?

[take_it_not]

you can slide right on comment tile to reply! also slide left to see all the parents without scrolling all the way up.

[u2077]

Looks great!

Is there any way to see the comments on a new article without it opening the link first?

[take_it_not]

Hi there, you can turn it off in the app settings!

[Morthor]

Nice to see a Flutter app!

[take_it_not]

Flutter Brother

[Morthor]

One comment. When scrolling to load more articles, it gets "stuck". The experience isn't very fluid. I would suggest pre-loading more articles.

[take_it_not]

thx for suggestion!

[ales1]

neat!