Hacker News Reader

Comment by swiley | Hacker News Reader

I don't like it, here's why. The current version is very compact, each line of text is a different article. All the complex CSS makes scrolling on android Firefox hang.

Really it just feels wrong for hackernews, the site that works in elinks and only uses 7 or so optional lines of JavaScript.

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This doesn't look like a "Hey look how much I improved HN's CSS!" kind of project. It calls itself a "HN clone built with Vue 2.0 + vue-router + vuex, with server-side rendering", so one presumes that it was made to showcase those things (as opposed to, because the author felt HN desperately needed a front-end framework and thumbnails).

I mean, if you think it's using Vue wrong then flame away, sure. But critiquing that you prefer HN's current design strikes me as a bit like going to a "TodoMVC in framework X" project and commenting that you prefer to use paper and pencil.

Yep, that's precisely what it is. It's a showcase for the technology: https://vuejs.org/v2/examples/hackernews.html

edit: My bad, the Live Demo link takes it to a different HN Vue page. https://vue-hn.now.sh/top

Wow... That live demo is a lot better than existing hn, at least on mobile.. but you can't comment =\

I believe the intent of Vue HN is more proof-of-concept than a pure HN replacement.

The first version of Vue HN is used in the Examples on the official Vue website: https://vuejs.org/v2/examples/hackernews.html

Yeah I don't like the large image square, it might be cool if list mode could be toggled into and remembered via local storage or ever side storage

2 counters points:

- The low-js version is already pretty good and usable without js, why make a clone to specialize in using even less JavaScript?

- vuejs 2.x is targeting isomorphic server side rendering, so you should target your complaints to anything that should work with js disabled, but only works with js enabled.

On the contrast, I like it because I can quickly skim what the website is about from its screenshot and this is time-saver.

I agree, I just like the text based more. Cannot decide to read the text in the screenshot or the actual header on HN

I agree, all the HN clones that come up are usually just a ton of JavaScript that slow everything down. I've been using my own minimal clone[0]. It uses the firebase websocket API and focuses on speed and readability. The source is here[1] if anyone wants to fork it and create their own experience.

[0] https://hxn.kbl.io/ [1] https://github.com/blopker/HXN

its a problem of Firefox, the ram hungry app exists on play store.

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