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Comment by PieterH | Hacker News Reader

Just installed it, used it for a few hours, loved it, and deinstalled it. Here's why.

First, no downvote action. We need this to push down trolls and sockpuppets.

Second, voting is inside a menu, yet this is a really common action.

Third and worst, when I use a browser on HN, every single link now asks me to select an app. Not once, but for each different link type it seems. After the fifth time (choosing 'Remember my choice' each time), I was so annoyed I uninstalled Materialistic.

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Sorry you don't find it useful :(

No downvote is a known issue, partly because I can't test it, so I'm not confident I'll deliver a reliable feature.

I agree that upvote should be more visible. Currently it's available as an option tucked in popup menu, as well as via swipe gesture, which is not very discoverable.

3rd one is a feature called 'deep link' which is quite common in Android. It should remember your choice if you choose 'Remember my choice'. I don't know what went wrong here as it is a platform feature and out of my control :(

Thanks for checking it out anyway.

I found it very useful and really liked it, just these problems were so irritating I dropped it again. I'm hoping you can fix this, because I have trouble with reading HN on a browser, with its tiny font size.

I suspect you've got a bug with the deep link feature because other apps only show this menu one time. Yours shows it over and over.

While we're talking, I also found the UI rather busy with stuff that seems unnecessary. Half the fun with HN is its simplicity. If you ever get the urge, think about doing an Apple and removing stuff that people don't use.

Nice work, anyhow, and thanks for that. Consider making a paid version of the app with no differences, except you get some money back from it.

Thanks! Would be helpful if you can share your device info so I can try to reproduce that issue. If you still keep the app around you can just send an in-app feedback and it will automatically include such info. Or you can reply here. Or if you can email me, my email should be available on Play Store listing.

OK, so I reinstalled Materialistic and checked the problem is still there (it is), and then sent a Feedback about "Deep linking", that you should see.

Got it thanks!

People, vote on his reply so he can test it ! :)

I'm wondering if my post would be enough :p

If you don't have enough score, drop me a mail ;)

No, I don't think you can fix the 'remember choice' feature. Practically all apps ask me for that when I click on a domain I haven't clicked on before. 'Remember' will only remember the choice for that domain.

I sent you an email.

> Third and worst, when I use a browser on HN, every single link now asks me to select an app. Not once, but for each different link type it seems. After the fifth time (choosing 'Remember my choice' each time), I was so annoyed I uninstalled Materialistic.

That's Android's fault, not the fault of Materialistic. I have the same problem totally random on my phone, too.

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