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mvf4z7 | 1 year ago

I used to use a client app like this. But after I switched phones, I never re-downloaded it and have found that using the browser works just as good for such a simple application.

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codemac|1 year ago

I'd love actually an "app" that was just the bookmark manager for launching the browser.

Chrome, firefox, etc on android all either push me to use piles of shortcut icons w/folders (cluttered and exhausting to manage), or click through a hierarchical menu thats 20 clicks away.

eitally|1 year ago

You can always just "Saved to home screen" from Chrome on mobile, and then create a shortcut folder with your collection of "web" apps. I've been doing this for the past couple years for a few local restaurants that use Square for direct online ordering, in order to shortcut the link to their ordering site.

dbtc|1 year ago

This would be great! Especially if it could sync bookmarks from multiple browsers. And URLs could be custom set to open in a non-default browser.

lowercased|1 year ago

maybe it's just mobile safari, but hacker news in the browser on mobile is unusable for me.

oneeyedpigeon|1 year ago

What's the problem? It's almost perfect on android, for me.

zero-g|1 year ago

I’ve been reading hacker news only through hckrnews.com for years and never looked back

HaZeust|1 year ago

Does it? It doesn't even notify you of new replies.

mplanchard|1 year ago

I've come to view this as a feature, personally. It means I'm a lot slower to respond to things, but it helps me to avoid getting drawn into heated conversations.

wiseowise|1 year ago

It's not a dating site.