Stacker News Mobile Phone Application (Mock)
10.6k sats \ 52 comments \ @nout 14 Apr 2022 bitcoin
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65 sats \ 3 replies \ @kc_hodl 15 Apr 2022
I would spend 10x more time on SN if/when there’s a mobile app
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @BlokchainB 15 Apr 2022
As would I and lower my time on Twitter
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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @ncryppt 18 Apr 2022
I have already noticed since discovering SN that im spending way less time on twitter. Once mobile app is out ill probs barely ever use twitter.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Ge 18 Apr 2022
Bruhhhhh....samzies so much signal it's so nice and convenient to be able to scroll through topics on home page and interact plus the sats r cool incentive too!
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57 sats \ 0 replies \ @jp 14 Apr 2022
Please add infinite scroll and a button that I can hold so the browser slowly scrolls downwards.
SN is addictive - let's just give in and enjoy the addiction :)
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15 sats \ 1 reply \ @uco 14 Apr 2022
Just curious, how do the total sats for this post sum up to 10,456 sats?
I don’t see a boost and if I add comments it doesn’t equal 10,456 sats.
Maybe I missed something in calculation?
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23 sats \ 0 replies \ @nout OP 14 Apr 2022
The author of the post gets sats only by people clicking on the lightning next to the post. If you hold on that lightning, then it gives you option for how much sats to give (you can also set the default here https://stacker.news/settings).
The sats for comments go to the authors of those comments... so you just earned 5 sats :)
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76 sats \ 0 replies \ @tetsu_tamasi 14 Apr 2022
Dark mode please
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17 sats \ 0 replies \ @falsefaucet 14 Apr 2022
love the headlines... 'government says please' 'lightning launches offline'
cool mockup!
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10 sats \ 7 replies \ @higuyslol 14 Apr 2022
I just wish there was an icon on iOS when I export stacker.news link to an “app” on my Home Screen.
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42 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b 14 Apr 2022
I can make a better one. Right now it's just a screenshot, ay?
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10 sats \ 3 replies \ @higuyslol 14 Apr 2022
Yep
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521 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 14 Apr 2022
Updated. Should be prettier now. You might have to create a new bookmark tho.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @higuyslol 15 Apr 2022
No new bookmark required. Just had to open the page again. ^^
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 15 Apr 2022
Absolutely cool! Thank you for the new graphics!!
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @nout OP 14 Apr 2022
You should be able to do that from the browser, no? On Android there's "Add to Home screen" item in the Chrome menu.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jp 14 Apr 2022
This is how I use SN. Works well
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21 sats \ 6 replies \ @cryptocoin 14 Apr 2022
Will this use some API?
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10 sats \ 5 replies \ @kilianbuhn 14 Apr 2022
Probably a rest API, like always
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12 sats \ 4 replies \ @nout OP 14 Apr 2022
For extra points if there's gRPC with protos so there can be clientside typechecking :)
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13 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b 14 Apr 2022
We have a graphql API which I find superior to either.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @nout OP 14 Apr 2022
Sweet, yeah, i never worked with graphql, so that's great to hear that it works!
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 14 Apr 2022
It's a 10-100x improvement over REST. You hit one API endpoint with a query that's more or less "I want this data and for it to be shaped like this."
This is how I query for top users.
  query TopUsers($cursor: String, $within: String!) {
    topUsers(cursor: $cursor, within: $within) {
      users {
        name
        amount
      }
      cursor
    }
  }
This is how I query for posts where ItemFields is a reusable query fragment.
  query items($sub: String, $sort: String, $cursor: String) {
    items(sub: $sub, sort: $sort, cursor: $cursor) {
      cursor
      items {
        ...ItemFields
      }
    }
  }
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @kilianbuhn 14 Apr 2022
Oh, interesting. I have to read up about this
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20 sats \ 2 replies \ @timechain 14 Apr 2022
There will be a dark mode, right? Looks great though!
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13 sats \ 0 replies \ @nout OP 14 Apr 2022
Well, if someone implements dark mode, then there will be one :)
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undergotten 14 Apr 2022
Also in favor of Dark Mode. No raster burn, please.
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @Valley_D0g 14 Apr 2022
Dark mode option would be great🌚
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @creativowinder 16 Apr 2022
It looks good, the dark mode is needed, I look forward to the app
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @alvaraaltopelti 15 Apr 2022
Needs dark mode more than Batman needs Robin
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @02711893a0 20 Apr 2022 freebie
Dark mode... A must!! Please
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinosphere 17 Apr 2022 freebie
I wouldn't kick it out of bed... As long as there's a night mode.
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8 sats \ 1 reply \ @lion 14 Apr 2022 freebie
Have an alternate shade for each row so it is easy to read.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kilianbuhn 14 Apr 2022
2008 rang the doorbell, they want their UI strategy back
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5 sats \ 1 reply \ @CheezeGrater 14 Apr 2022
Would you consider using Flutter for this or stick with native iOS and Android?
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22 sats \ 0 replies \ @uco 14 Apr 2022
we recently switched from building our app in React to Flutter and have been AMAZED and the increase in build speed
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2 sats \ 3 replies \ @a 14 Apr 2022
The site already works pretty well on mobile. What will the app do differently?
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1065 sats \ 2 replies \ @nout OP 14 Apr 2022
Some practical benefits are
  • Much friendlier/intuitive installation process (compared to web app)
  • The app can register itself into "Share" dialog, so e.g. you see some good article in any app, click on share, SN is an option to immediately create a post out of it
  • Easier to do the views and animations (it's possible with web app, but somewhat tricky to make it performant)
  • Good notifications when you earn sats, or a person you are following posted something (again can be done with web app, but it's not that easy)
  • The post detail view can have two tabs - one to see comments and one to see the actual iframe. That would make it really easy to go back and forth between the article and comments.
  • Thumb friendly UI - e.g. the common actions are on the bottom so those can be reached by thumb. Also "tap" targets would be bigger...
  • Standardized/intuitive experience, e.g. hamburger menu in the usual place as in other mobile apps, etc. When you you swipe the left sidebar shows up.
  • Potentially can act as a mobile wallet (this is more of a brainstorm, but it would be cool to earn some sats on Stacker News and buy a beer with that immediately...)
  • Idea: Could have a "Read later" feature to essentially create a backlog of articles that I would like to read when I have time...
I also like the web app and it should always be an option to use web app, but there are some practical benefits to mobile app.
@k00b
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25 sats \ 0 replies \ @nout OP 14 Apr 2022
The other option is to also improve the current web app to add the features that I mentioned above (e.g. you could set manifest.json, set ServiceWorker, give it mobile icons, use the JS API to register notifications, do the element swiping, etc...)
Isn't there a way to then wrap that web app by some WebView and put it on app stores?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ThrillerX_ 14 Apr 2022
yes! to all of this @nout
great vision!
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @kr 14 Apr 2022
Looks cool!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @selfish_gene 5 Jul 2022
это как великий фильтр. возьмём самое лучшее от мета вк инста гугл твитер и ещё 1000 других приложений. и создадим одно которое можно настроить под свои интересы. добавить кнопки. прокрутки.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Ge 18 Apr 2022
WE ARE NOT WORTHY! :O a bitdevs on the go whenever wherever.....2022 where we're going Marty we need no roads!!
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ThrillerX_ 14 Apr 2022
this would be epic with a built in wallet to send and receive
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @nout OP 14 Apr 2022
Practically speaking the wallet is already there, so that would need just a bit of UX cleanup :)
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @metamick14 14 Apr 2022
YAAASSS!
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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @metamick14 14 Apr 2022
How will Google + Apple try to get in the way of monetization here?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @uco 14 Apr 2022
I had same question
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @AncapHodl 14 Apr 2022 freebie
This is great.
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @killbrodbank 14 Apr 2022 freebie
cool
0 sats \ 1 reply \ @027a48af6a 14 Apr 2022 freebie
Why do you need a mobile app? Is a web app, which is responsive not enough?