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Comment by ciucanu | Hacker News Reader

Have you tried any mobile app? There are a lot of great apps for HackerNews. I use HackerNews2 for my Android device and HackerNode for my iPhone.

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Dear me no!

http://idontwantyourfuckingapp.tumblr.com/

All of my news and info gathering, from about 20 sources, comes in to one place (RSSDemon) on my Android Phone and tablet, and then if I click on a subject to read more or see the comments thread my (boat) browser takes over - simple!

Two apps for everything.

That's the point, a whole app (maybe useless) because of the lack of 10 css lines.

For me is cooler this way, because it offers visibility on app list and when I have a few free moments, I look at my phone apps and I say "Great, let's see what's new on HN" :D .

Your phone is not able to put page shortcuts on the homescreen or whatever?

That's not the point :D. It works better than a simple bookmark, with slide to change from page to comments, etc.

> That's not the point

I fail to see how it could be anything else. You previously stated:

> it offers visibility on app list and when I have a few free moments, I look at my phone apps and I say "Great, let's see what's new on HN"

I do not know about you — hence the interrogative — but I can (and do) put bookmarks on my home screens, right next to applications and thus with the exact same visibility.

There is a app called "MiniHack" that is actually extremely nice. It has commenting, replying, login, voting, readability, etc. And it looks beautiful.

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