https://leavjenn.github.io/Hews/

A hacker news reader focuses on readng experience with some handy features.
https://leavjenn.github.io/Hews/

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A hacker news reader focuses on readng experience with some handy features.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://leavjenn.github.io/Hews/
• Owner: leavjenn
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-07-09T15:53:05.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-09-15T08:43:55.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-02-28T02:33:46.717Z (4 months ago)
• Language: Java
• Homepage: https://leavjenn.github.io/Hews/
• Size: 2.71 MB
• Stars: 78
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 11
• Open Issues: 8
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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• awesome-hacker-news - Hews

README

        
# Hews

A hacker news reader focuses on readng experience with some handy features.

[![Get it on Google Play](https://developer.android.com/images/brand/en_generic_rgb_wo_60.png)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.leavjenn.hews)

## Basic features

* Clear nested comments

* Three themes: light, sepia, dark and AmoLED black

* Browse Top, New, Show HN and Ask HN stories

* Browse popular posts by any date range

* Login hacker news account, upvote and reply to post/comment

* Search by any date range, with popularity/date sorting

* Open hacker news links from other app

* Open post/other links in external browser

* Check User's HN profile (long press)

* Share comment link/content (long press)

* Material design

* Open source

## Special features

* Highly customizable typography

10 distinct fonts, easy to fine-tune font size and line-height, for the best reading experience.

[Video demo](https://youtu.be/gGyW0LxO9wg)

* Two-way comments Collapsing

Not only collapsible children comments (press comment content), it can also collapse comments between itself and it's parent (press comment info bar).

[Video demo](https://youtu.be/FT4aFFUzFIo)

* Scroll-down floating button

Scroll down the page by pressing or dragging the big floating button, swipe no more. 

[Video demo](https://youtu.be/kuffdR2GCqU)

* Post summary (experiment)

Distill the summary (tl; dr) of a post from it's comments, save yourself from clickbait title.

[Video demo](https://youtu.be/Yrr4OiqGf7U)

## What's next

* Improve error handling