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Is it just me, or do a number of these comments seem... manufactured? Almost all of the positive comments come from accounts with < 10 karma.

Just from reading the comments, I was expecting a nice looking app. However, when I actually saw the screenshots I was greatly disappointed. Nonexistent margins, line height issues, and more make for a client that is worse than the original HN.

Then, to learn that it isn't even feature complete (no comment voting) and the author is charging $5?

Comment voting is on the way. Screenshots on app store are better than the site. But agreed there are some issues, App Store submissions are a pain but just wanted to get this out. Will be updating it rest assured :)

I'd suggest sticking "Mac only" somewhere in the submission title, to save a lot of people a little bit of time.

Agree the title should indicate this is for a Mac.

Great design. Especially the use of icons that's lacking in most other HN clients.

Normally is simply use Google Chrome with this extension that makes HN looks pretty http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/hn-special/

I can also recommend this alternative site http://hn.premii.com/

Ooh that's nice

The app looks great. I think the name is not that great. Macker means in German "old man" or "boy friend" (http://www.dict.cc/?s=macker). So I (as German) had to smile a little with the combination.

Lol. That's hilarious. My puns get me in trouble :)

At width 1000px to 1200px, "Secure Login via Keychain Access!" overlaps the graphic.

there's somewhat of an issue going on with your site: all slide overlays are showing when using firefox, safari only shows half slides and chrome isn't able to load the website at all…

Wow definitely didn’t test the site in firefox or safari and its definitely messed up there. It’s working on chrome for me though…hmm

ok fixed the slides thanks for reporting that :)

I still find Hacky [0] better, although it's been abandoned for a while.

[0] http://www.hackyapp.com/

IMHO, you cannot charge 5$ for, what I would call, "a dedicated HN browser".

Do people charge 5$ for reddit clients?

BTW, in your webpage, slides are broken.

So I priced it according to other clients that I’ve seen in the MAS which were a buck or two cheaper with no actual client capabilities (login/voting/posting etc).

Other than the readable article here everything is native. Really was scratching my own itch.

Also thanks for reporting the slideshow on the site. That’s fixed now :)

AlienBlue was a paid purchase until it was acquired by Reddit. I believe they'll soon start charging for the Pro version at some point in the near future again.

For an app that a lot of people here would use every day, $5 really isn't that much if it offers them usability or aesthetic benefits versus the website.

There's s lot of aesthetic issues going on with this app though. Awkward line height, lack of margins, etc. it does not look more readable than the normal HN to me.

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. IMHO the app's layout needs more work before I'd consider buying it for aesthetic benefits.

IMHO, a programmer's time is valuable, and $5 is not enough of a fee to object to.

This looks awesome! Premii's HN client[1] is probably my favorite so far.

[1] http://hn.premii.com/

Great job!

When will comment voting be implemented?

Also, in comments - would be great if links were clickable, and if the user could highlight and copy text.

Definitely in the works. Will submit an update soon to address those issues. Thanks for your feedback :)

I love the design! Great job!

It’s so nice to have a functional hacker news mac app

agreed!

it's so (Github for windows/metre apps) style :S

Way too much whitespace bro...

Pretty awesome app! I always wanted a hacker news dedicated mac client! I love that you can read, share, comment and vote. Also the real time extension is great!

It's so Github for windows[0] style

[0]:https://windows.github.com/

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