| Thanks! > I can't tell what the hashtag button is for It's demonstrated in the guide [1] I have to think about how to explain the feature in the app without overwhelming the user. Always open to suggestions! > The numbers in the lower right corner of each stack seem like they refer to the number of sub-comments, but in my brief experience this doesn't seem to be the case. Is this a bug, of have I misunderstood what these numbers refer to? It's the total number of comments in the subtree (including all the child subtrees and their subtrees and so on). > I'd prefer to be able to tap a comment stack and have it open up. I get that swiping isn't that hard, but I typically one-hand and would prefer if mere tapping did the same thing as swiping (and I can't think of what else a tap would mean, so it shouldn't cause a conflict to have this as an option, right?) I think it could be a frustrating experience when you mistap upvote or any other button, expanding/collapsing the stack instead. I will try it to see how it feels, it just might be one of those things that look good only on paper, and once implemented it'll be just an extra option that everybody ignores. There's also a good argument for that - accessibility [2], but there are alternatives for the tap gesture. > I would suggest adding Settings to this menu, as an alternate way of reaching it. I figured that on average users go to settings only a few times, mostly when they initially set up the app. Adding an entry point on the thread screen would increase the complexity, support and testing efforts, but further down the road when other things are ironed out it can be a good improvement. [1] https://github.com/devandsev/HackerNews-Support/wiki/Guide#a... [2] https://github.com/devandsev/HackerNews-Support/issues/1 |
Regarding the settings, you're right that many users would only go there once; however, it's likely they would go looking for settings once they're already in a comment thread (or at least I was!).
I agree that mis-tapping could lead to confusion if stacks could be opened that way, but closing requires a swipe. But since you can tap to go into an article, it seems natural to tap to go into a stack also.
Regardless, I'm really enjoying the app's interface. I also sent you a message via your website's Google form, with other ideas. Congrats on the concept and execution!