Ask HN: What Desktop HN client do you use?
Do you use any desktop client for HN, or just the web version? I wonder what folks generally use. For me, comment/topics/keywords notifications are important features for me that's missing from the web.
I probably won't ever release it because it isn't nearly feature complete but here's what the page display looks like[0]
What is your experience with Godot as a Software developpement framework? Would you recommand it?
For me the biggest issue is UI design and theming. These aren't nearly as robust as you might expect using web technology or an actual GUI framework because for games they don't need to be. On the other hand, building an app around nodes and signals is a breeze. There are probably plugins that make application development on Godot easier, I haven't really looked. And of course you can write plugins for Godot if you need to. So the flexibility of the framework is also a plus.
I'd recommend at least trying it. I don't know if I would start a business around it, though. Then again, apparently doing it with Unity isn't uncommon.
> I think if every website has an HN/Craigslist mode it'd be so awesome
I think this is why old.reddit keeps living on. It's simply a better experience than their "modern" UX refresh. I'd say the new UI also encourages a different kind of content which changes how people use the site for the worse.
I've seen other posts on HN asking for 'lite' versions of websites and there are some out there. Here are a couple examples.
There are some directories of more, here are a couple of those.
- https://greycoder.com/a-list-of-text-only-new-sites/
I should probably go through and replace most of my bookmarks with these versions where it makes sense.
Plus the Dark Reader extension: https://darkreader.org/
Like for this post it'd be faster if I can click a button to see the responses instead of go to my submissions.