I don't own a windows phone and don't use any of these kind of apps, but doesn't the own existence of web site related apps represents a failure of said website to provide a decent web interface to mobile platforms?<p>I'm not referring in particular to hacker news or to this app, but websites in general that "need" a mobile app to properly or easily use it.
Hi Miguel, you beat me to it :-).<p>I just released my app today:
<a href="http://www.windowsphone.com/nl-NL/apps/c7c617bb-689b-476d-a3c1-69e3e06602fd" rel="nofollow">http://www.windowsphone.com/nl-NL/apps/c7c617bb-689b-476d-a3...</a><p>Working on comments....
This is nice. Would love to see a webOS version =)<p>I usually use iCombinator but it seems that it times out quite a bit and the formatting is iffy (width)
Looks nice, really very nice, but it has the same fundamental problem as other HN apps - too few items per page. I really want 20-30 headlines in teenie-tiny, but legible font. Content density is the main visual property of the original site and no mobile client has reproduced it faithfully yet. Still waiting... ;)
App looks very nice. Just one issue: How can I see comments? This is a major point for me and a better interface would help, it's impossible to read comments on a small screen via the web interface.<p>The scrollbar could also use more visibility.