I apologize if this topic has already been discussed, but I am curious to know how you iPhone users read HN from your phone.<p>I read HN many times a day using my iPhone, I follow links and I read comments. However, the design of the HN front page and comment threads is not really optimized for reading on a small device. I've experimented with browsing the RSS feed from HN, but it isn't really that much better. I get a bit better readability on the front page, but I can't find anything else than the top 30 posts. The comments are not included in the RSS, there is just a pointer to, well, this page.<p>So, I'm wondering if anyone has done any thought experiments on, or maybe even implemented, an iPhone-friendly wrapper for HN?<p>I'm thinking a site styled for the iPhone which takes HN data and presents it in a more readable format. Perhaps users could customize the CSS to make it fit their needs and their mobile devices (not just the iPhone). Sort of like a GreaseMonkey-on-a-server.<p>Has this been discussed or done? What would you guys want to improve when reading HN on your mobile devices?
<a href="http://www.icombinator.net/" rel="nofollow">http://www.icombinator.net/</a><p>Disclaimer - I don't have an iPhone so I've never actually used it though.
Slightly related, except not -- I use HN on an Android device, and while I don't particularly mind the layout, I can't seem to login. I can enter my username/password, but it doesn't go anywhere. If I use a wrong password, I get an error message.<p>Anyone know what's wrong?
On the G1 (Android) which is pretty much the same as the iPhone in this respect, my main annoyance is the combination of small vote icons and the inability to undo votes. I have accidentally downvotes comments on a number of occasions from my phone in the past (sorry for that to everyone involved)
I posted some very simple amendments made to HN HTML that would make life much happier for iPhone users, as a quick (if temporary) remedy. But I think the train got lost after that discussion.<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=470863" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=470863</a>
I regularly read HN on a Nokia e71 (using the default browser shipped by Nokia) and on a PSP. I only have two issues:<p>1) comments nested 5+ levels deep get a really narrow column for the text.<p>2) the 'mouse' cursor positioning on the e71 is just a little too coarse making impossible to click on some of the upvote arrows next to a comment.<p>Other than that I have no issues with reading HN on a small screen. On the e71 replying is also no problem, the textarea fits on the screen.
I've been reading HN on my G1, and it's pretty much fine for reading, but I cannot get my sign-in to stick.<p>I can enter my name and password, and it kinda sorta acts as though I've been signed in, but it never shows my user name or allows me to post of vote. But it never tells me there was a problem signing in either.<p>Has anyone else seen this?
<a href="http://mobilehackernews.appspot.com/#_home" rel="nofollow">http://mobilehackernews.appspot.com/#_home</a><p>This is my version. It proxies the articles and applies the Readability JS from arc90 to make articles easier to read on the iPhone.
I am currently working on a native iPhone reader for HN. The biggest pain point is the lack of data api's, so much of the work has been around building a service layer to provide interactions with all HN features. I will be supporting all HN features, so it's not just an rss reader. When I get it to a point for release, I'll post again on HN.