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jrhey

116 karma · joined June 12, 2022

Creator of Hazumi for Hacker News on iOS & Web

https://www.hazumi.news

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jrhey··on Show HN: I made Hazumi, a modern HN reader for iOS
100%, I personally can't wait to add this feature in addition to better formatting and layout of comments.
jrhey··on Show HN: I made Hazumi, a modern HN reader for iOS
Sorry about the minimum iOS version! I rely on various APIs that iOS 16 brought into SwiftUI.

The point you raised about "read later" started spinning some wheels in my mind. I really like that idea. Right now I have bookmarks, but that would only be the same workflow as you have with favourites. I'm now thinking up ways to make that "I'm finished reading this" either dynamic and/or manually initiated.

I'd love to take the "hide stories I'm not interested in" approach and pair it with the flip side, "send me a push notification whenever a story is posted that mentions <keyword>".

I've tinkered with automatic categorisation (with mixed success) before using OpenAI, which may help users filter out things that are deemed "sensational" or "political".

Thank you for this feedback. It really helps!

jrhey··on Show HN: I made Hazumi, a modern HN reader for iOS
Thanks for checking it out! So much amazing feedback here this morning.

> could you consider an option that avoids image previews?

Yes, definitely. This would also serve users well when they want to save on network requests/battery. Consider this added to the next build.

> arxiv logo

Ahh classic, I'm so familiar with this logo having seen it so many times during development. It just never clicked until you said it to hide image previews.

Thank you again for the feedback!

jrhey··on Show HN: I made Hazumi, a modern HN reader for iOS
Thank you, I'm really glad you find the UI appealing!

> the best threaded discussion reader on iOS is Apollo

Nested comment design have been a weakness of mine and it certainly shows in Hazumi. I want to revamp comments so badly, showing a batch of nested comments in one tap or by default does sound better. A general theme I've been hearing here is "less taps to get to the content the better". 100% noted!

> the default font size is going to be divisive

I ended up using the default `body` size from SwiftUI but if you mean it would be more appealing if smaller, then I could add a text sizing slider to the settings.

Thank you again for trying out Hazumi and giving your feedback!

jrhey··on Show HN: I made Hazumi, a modern HN reader for iOS
Thank you for checking our Hazumi!

> I’ve always wanted an HN app that has better offline support

That's a great feature request. I'll brainstorm some ways achieve this without affecting battery life too much. Maybe it could even be a toggle in settings for those who want pre-cached content. Like how YouTube or Podcasts apps do it.

> the two taps to get into a story/comments feels unnecessary

I'll look into this too, I have a feeling now most of HN will agree here.

Thank you again for the feedback, much appreciated!

jrhey··on Ask HN: What's the coolest website you know?
https://www.hazumi.news
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