Hacker News Reader

Comment by lukasfoisy | Hacker News Reader

I suspect many folks here enjoy the minimalist Hacker News UI but I, for one, really enjoy what you've put together. It somehow makes me more interested in checking out stories/posts I might have otherwise skipped on the normal UI. I'll give this a spin day-to-day.

What are your plans for this project?

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As someone from the "minimalist prefered" guys, im just curious - what articles sparked your interested through this layout and why would you have skipped them on the normal layout?

(inb4 i think the herald is a very well done thing i just cant think of a reason why an article there is more interresting than on the normal layout)

From today: "Portland Airport Grows With Expansive Mass Timber Roof Canopy" is a good example. I wouldn't have opened this story on Hacker News, but the image displayed on Hacker Herald had me open it.

That is an extremely impressive roof, and I agree that the title isnt grabbing. I too clicked on the picture but had previously skipped the article on HN.

sorry for my late response. Thanks for giving me this example. I can kinda see why you would not click it in first place.

As for me - i have very limited time i spend on reading articles listed on hackernews so i always have to condense it down to those im very interested in.

Thanks! No fixed plans for future development - it kind of depends on how much traction it gets. If it gets a lot of interest I might add a 'AI editor' that chooses images and write subtitles (or deletes boring ones which have been written by the article's author). But even if it gets little use besides myself, hosting costs are minimal so it will be around for a while :)

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