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Of the six sites on this list that I attempted to visit, four did not resolve, one was an arabic blog, and one was an archaic-looking but functioning job board.

This list is obviously outdated and needs to be pared down.

Had the same experience. Also - a brief description of what I'm clicking to see would help a lot.

While the "my single-digit sample of your already-fairly-small population indicates..." posts will surely continue to be amusing... this seems like a curious waste of effort. Is the HN site so hard to use -- on any device -- that it really needs an app, let alone a repository of apps?

Yes, the number of people trying to solve a problem suggests it might actually exist.

Yes, relative to a mobile app it is so hard to use that I never actually use the main site on my phone. Pinching to zoom and read is so iPhone 2 era/Amish

My personal favorite is http://hackerwebapp.com/ which isnt on this list. It doesnt support commenting/voting but it is an absolute pleasure to read HN with on a mobile

It's not on that list because the guy that wrote that list also wrote http://hackerwebapp.com.

I'm not sure about apps, especially in their current state. (some of them allow read-only access; etc).

But some people have a need for various plug-ins and extensions. And those sites tend to go dead quite quickly.

How old is this list? The first two links[1] I picked at random are dead.

1: http://hntop100.com/ and http://hn4d.com

You can check out the history here https://github.com/cheeaun/hackerweb/wiki/Hacker-News-apps/_...

I generally always find and add links to new apps, but didn't check the old dead links. I probably should clean up the list one day.

I'll report my own Chrome extension - I made it mostly for myself, but enough people find it useful too: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-mark-a...

Another one to drop on (that I made). Marks items as read and supports auto login.

Hacker News Padreader for iPad http://itunes.apple.com/app/hacker-news-padreader/id42833141...

Do people still use these apps?

The one I built years ago is out of date, and actually not on the store anymore. http://michaelgrinich.com/hackernews/

I've been considering rewriting it from scratch (very needed), but have no idea whether it's a good use of time.

If you're going to post a giant list like this without any screens or up-to-date links, at least add some bullet points about positive and negative things for each app or something. Otherwise I might as well just search "hacker news" in my iPhone's app store (or just Google).

The list was difficult to sort though, but I was able to find http://www.premii.com/hn which is a great web client, and an even better mobile client.

A bit of a description about each app would really be useful.

Also I want to second bradleysmith's mention of including forums built by HN members which clone the hacker news format (though not necessarily just in Arc.)

Also just Chrome extensions... does no one make greasemonkey scripts anymore? Am I like the last person who still even does that?

Did HNPod just fade away? I had forgotten about it and I see there haven't been any episodes in a while.

I'd love to see a list of HN clones running on Arc included. Maybe just me. Always interested in seeing what forums choose the hacker news system.

/shameless plug Mobile Web:

http://hn.dinopost.com/

Description: Aggregates all front page stories onto one page.

A description beside each link would be more useful than the author.

Mine is there. Nice :)

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