Was done like that initially. But when user collapses the inline display, it felt that the user is left at a random location, and had to scan the items to find where they left off. So I removed the link at the bottom to collapse the inline display, forcing them to use the top link. When the user collapses using the top link, the scroll position is not 'jumped', and hence the experience felt better.
One other thing I noticed is that stories don't seem to load on my iPhone, but works fine on browser. Not sure why though.
I am not sure (I don't have an iPhone around to test this), but it might be because there are no story sources configured in your Phone. The link I provided,
https://sras.me/reform/#/setconfig;reddit=programming,scienc...
was a config url, that included a bunch of story sources to use (subreddit and HN pages).
This config is stored in the local storage. So you don't have to use the config url next time you use the app.
You can also add subreddit and hackernews pages using the settings page. Can you please try it and let me if this is the case?
If it is not, can you please check if the log is showing any network activity (there is a log at the bottom where it shows active requests)
On Safari I don't see any requests and clicking add story or Reddit does nothing :(
Anyway, it is alright. Thanks for all your feedback.
I found a small issue with your app. Please take a look at [1]. When the thread is too deep, the container becomes so narrow that the text becomes almost vertical.
And thanks so much for spotting that, will fix that up.