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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

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

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.

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...

That’s not too good

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?

hi there! thanks for feedbacks!

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

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

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?

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

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

Looks great!

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

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

Nice to see a Flutter app!

Flutter Brother

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

thx for suggestion!

neat!

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