>Why not just use one of the apps? //

Why use one of the apps though, isn't this a website, shouldn't it be made accessible through the common web browsers. Individual apps which just apply a style, sample and modify a website and pipe it through a hidden browser object seem strange - we don't need apps for every different bit of content, that's one of the great things about a properly standardised web and high quality browsers.

Different apps for every bit of web content seems perversely inefficient to me.

If HN is as technologically in-touch as we like to say we are, then the site itself should adhere to web standards. The current standard is responsive design that is device-independent. "Just use an app" is a terrible way to look at the mobile view problem.

> Why not just use one of the apps?

I have an app for accessing websites and webapps, it's called Firefox, and it even synchs my credentials and history between my various computing devices. Why would I want to use a different app?

MiniHack for iOS is currently my favorite way to browse HN now.