Paul_D_Santana's comments

I'm going to take this idea and every time there is an issue like the above, I will have the web app automatically email me AND the person. In this way, the conversation will get started automatically. This will help me to communicate with users and hopefully increase engagement.

If anyone has any other ideas on how to apply this to applications for internal company-use, please post!

ING Direct does exactly this!

I get an email (text messages possible too) every time I make a purchase over a certain amount that I've chosen. You can set the limit as low as $1 if you really wanted to, so you can be notified of literally every single debit card purchase.

This forward thinking is one of the many benefits (no fees EVER being another) I've enjoyed and why I love banking with them.

Online banking is definitely the future, or at least will grow to be a much larger part of it.

Three things:

1. Is there any way to allow for selecting and copying of text from someone's comment? It is very often that someone posts something so profound or useful here on HN that I want to snip the text to save it in Evernote for future reference.

2. And like css771 posted, remembering your scroll position in comments (and which comments are folded) would be a HUGE addition. I often click a link in someone's comment which opens in the browser, go back to the app, and the reading position is reset, including any and all folded comments I had. Quite frustrating. Fixing this would be incredible!

3. Minor visual issue, but it seems the first indentation of a comment is not indented, as the other levels are. The first indented level has a color, but is not actually indented. This would help to make comments slightly more readable. I do love how easy it is to fold comments though. A quick tap and instantly folded.

Anyway, I love the app; you did a great job on it. If it had these three features above, it would definitely be my go-to Android app for Hacker News. Thank you!

+1 for the app, and I hope you found my feedback useful too!

P.S. Feel free to contact me via my personal email via my profile if you need any more detailed feedback, as I was a software tester for a while and hopefully you found my feedback and writing style useful.

I was getting sick of always scrolling left and right to read comments. I wonder why this site hasn't been updated with that in mind.

Anyway, thanks again!

You may be confusing "filtering" with "deleting", where this is definitely NOT the case. The point of my above post is that inessential emails skip my inbox until I CHOOSE to click the label (when I have time), and then I see the inessential emails all at once.

I do this several times per day, so there is no risk of "missing" an email. In the case of getting an email from your dad at a new address, I would click the label at lunch or whenever convenient, and boom, there it is.

Just because an email is not in your "Inbox" doesn't mean it is gone forever.

Does that make sense?

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I did a bit of research and below I inserted some snippets from the official Gmail Help pages that would be good to read over to understand more about what I am getting at:

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https://support.google.com/mail/answer/32608

  Deleting unimportant mail is a great way to free up some of your storage, 
  but with Gmail's free storage, you can probably keep those messages, 
  too! If it's possible that you'll need a message or conversation in the 
  future, we recommend archiving.

  Archiving mail moves messages out of your inbox and into your "All Mail" 
  label for safekeeping-- you won't be bothered with extra messages 
  cluttering your inbox, but you'll still be able to find a message if you need 
  it six years from now!

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6576

  Archiving lets you tidy up your inbox by moving messages from your inbox 
  into your All Mail label, so you don't have to delete anything. It's like 
  moving something into a filing cabinet for safekeeping, rather than 
  putting it in the trash can.

  Any message you've archived can be found by clicking the "All Mail" label 
  on the left side of your Gmail page. You can also find a message you've 
  archived by clicking on any other labels you've applied to it, or by 
  searching for it.

  When someone responds to a message you've archived, the conversation 
  containing that message will reappear in your inbox.

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/118708

  Labels help you organize your messages into categories -- work, family, 
  to do, read later, jokes, recipes, any category you want. Labels do all 
  the work that folders do, but with an added bonus: you can add more 
  than one to a message.

  Only you can see your labels, so whether you mark a message with "Best 
  friend" or "Read later," the sender will never know.

  Success is not a destination; it is a direction.

The first time I see an email that gets filtered that I don't want filtered in the future, I simply add that email to the whitelist. It takes me 15 to 30 seconds, and now it is set forever.

A) Gmail filters aren't etched in stone. They are easy to edit. Much more so than Outlook anyway.

B) The impact of not seeing an email on my phone for an hour or two because I didn't get an Android email notification is near zero. The important people are already whitelisted, and for those emails that aren't, they're never 100% urgent and can wait an hour or two until I check my labels in one batch session.

This works extremely well for me but YMMV.

Does that answer your question?

I'll give you a +1 Upvote for apparently the only person who read my post haha, and that bit of insight into what might not be clear.

This is a Gmail filter that will leave in your inbox ONLY emails that are from people you specify, AND emails that haven't already been labeled from some other filter rule:

  Matches: (label:inbox has:nouserlabels -from:([email protected] OR [email protected] OR ... ))

  Do this: Skip Inbox, Apply label "_Non-VIP", Never mark it as important

Now I never get emails to my inbox unless they are from my girlfriend, family members, friends, and other important people. This has the added benefit of also meaning that I never get email notifications on my phone unless they are from the important (and REAL) people I specified above. (And obviously I can add easily emails to the whitelist if necessary.)

The other benefit is that this WILL take into account any other filter rules you have in place. And also no need to worry about signing up for services with +emails.

Before you post that zomg this would never work for me, please don't. This works extremely well for me and it might work well for someone else so I wanted to share. If you have a way to make it even better, I would love to hear it!

  The Verdict Is In: Nobody Likes Google Glass
  Jay Yarow	| May 3, 2013, 12:43 PM
  http://www.businessinsider.com/nobody-really-likes-google-glass-2013-5

  I've Changed My Mind: After Using Google Glass A Second Time, I'm Blown Away
  Kevin Smith	| May 2, 2013, 4:57 PM
  http://www.businessinsider.com/google-glass-experience-2013-5

[1] http://www.businessinsider.com/nobody-really-likes-google-gl...

[2] http://www.businessinsider.com/google-glass-experience-2013-...

Thank you for making me feel like my attempt at a positive message was worthwhile. +1 Upvote from me.

Can you suggest a better system?

If not, I like his way of thinking and I wanted to share.

  Career
  Financial
  Personal Development
  Physical
  Relationships
  Spiritual
  Social

Each one feeds into each other, and I know after a particularly terrible day, I personally feel a hundred times better after a challenging CrossFit workout with friends.

[1] http://www.48days.com/category/48-days-podcast

Now, we consciously look at prices before putting items into the cart, and like you said going for store-brand and avoiding packaged food. (On non-packaged food: I am continually astounded at the ridiculous amount of fruit and vegetables you can buy with just a few dollars.)

In this way, we save literally hundreds of dollars per month. It is downright incredible!

I rely on this with Gtasks on Android every day as my main note taking vehicle. I find it especially useful for literally instantaneous syncing between phone, tablet, desktop, and laptop.

Here's a way to access it via its own independent window (I keep this pinned in my browser):

https://mail.google.com/tasks/ig

I have to ask though, why bother calculating the daily revenue? If a paid app is in the top 25, isn't that enough of a sign that it is profitable?

So then, what is the best website or video series to learn these topics? Wikipedia has a nice list of course, but I'm wondering if anyone here has found a particularly great resource they think their fellow HN members would find valuable?

I wonder somewhat humorously, if CodeSchool created a class to teach these topics, would the author's point be invalidated?

My app is the absolute niche of niche ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pauldavids... ), but I learned A LOT, especially about the official Android publishing process. I don't care if it doesn't get used by many people, because my target market was literally 1 person: my girlfriend.

In addition, the process of making this app was fun. Learning AND fun; a goal that ALL of us here are striving for, right?

There is one absolute best way to spend less on groceries, and it is something that everyone can do, regardless of where you live, what diet you're on, or how much money you have.

What's the secret? When you're shopping, write down the cost of every item before putting it in your cart.

You will be amazed at how your food choices will change. For example, once I started doing this, I shifted to buying fruit and vegetables that were in season (and thus less expensive), rather than just buying things randomly and oblivious to the cost. The same goes for choices of meats, fish, and even non-food household items like soaps, detergents, toiletries, etc.

This is by far the best method of spending less on groceries that can apply to everyone. If you've never done it, I challenge you to try it just once. And if you have any suggestions on how to make this strategy even more effective, please let me know!