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Show HN: HN Glance – a visual way to read Hacker News

6 points by valentinvieriu 2mo ago

valentinvieriu 2mo ago
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D__J 2mo ago
As a new user here, this is fantastic. Not too over the top, a bit more information in the pictures. I'm digging it.
sakhund 2mo ago
Love the combination of simple and modern UI over HN. Not sure if this is just a demo or a final form, but I am lagging too much scrolling through the posts.
- valentinvieriu 2mo ago
  I assume the lag is browser-dependent. I don’t resize images for thumbnails. I want to keep this simple and cheap to maintain. My next step is to find an easy-to-maintain pipeline for generating screenshots and thumbnails.
  - sakhund 2mo ago
    sure, good luck
adrianwaj 2mo ago
Interesting. Have you seen this? https://www.orangecrumbs.com/hn/ https://www.orangecrumbs.com/hn/ For HN Glance, perhaps there could be the list/previews column on the left, middle column for full-viewing with the right column as comments. Both 1st and 3rd columns can also be floating, and auto-hide when mouseover on the middle column and show again when mouseout.
- valentinvieriu 2mo ago
  I didn't knew this project. Thank you for sharing. I'm always looking for better ways to consume / filter this amount of information.
  - adrianwaj 2mo ago
    I just created script for ViolentMonkey for viewing top comments in a sidebar. https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/588721-hacker-news-comment-sidebar-right-click-to-close https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/588721-hacker-news-comment... used ChatGPT for this one - did much better than Gemini.
- valentinvieriu 2mo ago
  Now that I’ve had a closer look at https://www.orangecrumbs.com https://www.orangecrumbs.com, I see that they’re trying to address the same problem: how to enhance the consumption of those valuable feeds and provide additional insights to their users. I appreciate your proposal, and in a way, I’ve already explored a similar idea. However, for this concept to be successful, you’ll need a large screen, preferably wide. Unfortunately, I haven’t had a comparable good experience on mobile devices. I’ll revisit this idea. Thank you for the feedback. However, I want to ensure that the reader remains focused. In today’s fast-paced world, everything revolves around quick consumption and filtering options. I wanted to create a quick way to scan and evaluate the content, followed by a simple way to immerse oneself in the article, read it, scan it, and check the comments.
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valentinvieriu 2mo ago

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D__J 2mo ago

As a new user here, this is fantastic. Not too over the top, a bit more information in the pictures. I'm digging it.

sakhund 2mo ago

Love the combination of simple and modern UI over HN. Not sure if this is just a demo or a final form, but I am lagging too much scrolling through the posts.

valentinvieriu 2mo ago
I assume the lag is browser-dependent. I don’t resize images for thumbnails. I want to keep this simple and cheap to maintain. My next step is to find an easy-to-maintain pipeline for generating screenshots and thumbnails.
- sakhund 2mo ago
  sure, good luck

adrianwaj 2mo ago

Interesting. Have you seen this? https://www.orangecrumbs.com/hn/ https://www.orangecrumbs.com/hn/ For HN Glance, perhaps there could be the list/previews column on the left, middle column for full-viewing with the right column as comments. Both 1st and 3rd columns can also be floating, and auto-hide when mouseover on the middle column and show again when mouseout.

valentinvieriu 2mo ago
I didn't knew this project. Thank you for sharing. I'm always looking for better ways to consume / filter this amount of information.
- adrianwaj 2mo ago
  I just created script for ViolentMonkey for viewing top comments in a sidebar. https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/588721-hacker-news-comment-sidebar-right-click-to-close https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/588721-hacker-news-comment... used ChatGPT for this one - did much better than Gemini.
valentinvieriu 2mo ago
Now that I’ve had a closer look at https://www.orangecrumbs.com https://www.orangecrumbs.com, I see that they’re trying to address the same problem: how to enhance the consumption of those valuable feeds and provide additional insights to their users. I appreciate your proposal, and in a way, I’ve already explored a similar idea. However, for this concept to be successful, you’ll need a large screen, preferably wide. Unfortunately, I haven’t had a comparable good experience on mobile devices. I’ll revisit this idea. Thank you for the feedback. However, I want to ensure that the reader remains focused. In today’s fast-paced world, everything revolves around quick consumption and filtering options. I wanted to create a quick way to scan and evaluate the content, followed by a simple way to immerse oneself in the article, read it, scan it, and check the comments.
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