Constructive feedback here. Don't take this thread personally, I'm sure it was a great learning experience but as a final product is not nearly there.<p>I don't have data to back up it but I feel that the actual UI and the lack of ads of HN are important factors on its success. Simple, in the long term, usually wins. Ok you like dark mode, make a browser extension that does it.<p>Examples of relevant alternative front-ends for HN:<p><a href="https://hckrnews.com/" rel="nofollow">https://hckrnews.com/</a><p><a href="https://hnews.xyz/" rel="nofollow">https://hnews.xyz/</a>
I like the look of it. I prefer dark themes. Having a bunch of different togglable sources is a nice touch.<p>I'm ad tolerant. I'm pleased that ads are clearly delineated as ads.<p>It's less dense than HN. On HN /new I can see 15 stories. On Hackeroo I can see 6. The "read later" and "discussion" links don't need to be there, and could be toggled off maybe?<p>But it's nice!
Hacker news with ads? No, thank you.<p>Also some of the discussion links don't work.<p>And I couldn't use the back-button to get back to regular HN.<p>Frankly, this sucks.
What good is an alternative view if every time I click on a comment I land on the "real" HN? Personally the comments are the reason why I use HN.
I think somehow the simplicity is lost.
I think the upvote and downvote colors are too bright that makes it annoying.<p>I'm kinda was confused by the sorting functionality between different sources. I think I would prefer HN itself or Feedly.
How about mine <a href="http://repo.memkits.org/hn-reader/?id=23122813" rel="nofollow">http://repo.memkits.org/hn-reader/?id=23122813</a> .