Show HN: Better way to read HN on the iPad (Hacker News Padreader, Free)

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15 years ago

I love my iPad, but was frustrated by the experience of reading Hacker News on it. There wasn't a good way to load up both the article and the discussion in parallel like I do on the desktop. To me, all of the apps I tried in the store were deficient in some way so I made my own.

What I wanted: - Load both the article and the associated discussion without fiddling - Log me in to vote&comment - Show the top articles with info and load/add next 30 like the default view, not the 'newest' page - Full article URL

An obvious feature for v1.1 would be to add an IAP to ditch the ads. The swipe/pull to the right and left to open and close the web views might be too much a departure from other apps, so I'm interested to hear feedback there. Other suggestions?

http://itunes.apple.com/app/hacker-news-padreader/id428331410?mt=8

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