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Comment by aw3c2 | Hacker News Reader

Huge +: It works without Javascript!

Moderate -: It is not responsive, on a small screen the HUGE sidebar and top header leave no space for the message.

edit:

Actually threaded message threads do not work without JS. All messages are collapsed. With JS enabled I seem to have to click on each message to expand it which is terrible UI.

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From the release notes:

Known bugs and limitations

    User Experience
        The HTML user-interface is "read only" unless Javascript is enabled

Designer here. The responsiveness is being worked on (alpha release).

Curious about the clicking to expand msgs comment- this standard UI behavior in Gmail as well!

I don't use GMail so I have no idea how it works there. Having to expand every single message strikes me as unnecessary mouseclicks (and hell on touchscreens).

Gotcha. I personally like having all emails (in a thread) fully expanded, but due to pushback from other ppl with "vertical space" and time to scroll I had to go this other route. We will most likely at an "Expand All" link to the top of the thread!

Gmail auto-expands messages in a thread that haven't been read yet. Read ones are collapsed.

It's an alpha release, an MVP. Of course it's not going to be perfect on this type of stuff.

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