Box Piper Hacker News

Re-Imagined Hacker News with a re-designed UI/UX

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Re-Imagined Hacker News with a re-designed UI/UX

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An innovative and re-imagined version of HN for this decade. With an improved UI/UX, story mode like Snapchat, and a focus to design it in a "202X" way for instant HN content consumption. Also, a new Twitter Bot in town will keep you HN updated, once a day.

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uhg as someone who has been using hackernews for well over 10 years, I dont see anyone whos on that site ever ever ever using something like this.. story mode.. really? Maybe its alright for you and your friends who commented, but wont get you much more than that :P

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5yr ago

Box Piper Hacker News

Maker

@sabarasaba Thanks for the feedback mate. I completely understand your point of view and I mentioned it in the description as well. HN is not for them because hackers love the current minimalistic design. 👨‍💻 And I too like it. But it just a humble attempt to create something new with HN and serve users of this decade who are missing the goodness of HN because of its design value. It May be a small set of users, but they do exist. Hope it answers it. Thanks again, man.

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5yr ago

Box Piper Hacker News

Maker

A couple of months back, while scrolling the Hacker News(HN) feeds, I found that few stories are still running with HTTP 🚨 protocol and asked the question with the community, https://hn.boxpiper.com/p/26112068🧐. But I was not satisfied with the answer. Later I found few users who have tried using HN but couldn't anymore because they are accustomed to all the design rich applications of this decade. Clearly, HN is not for them because hackers love the current minimalistic design. 👨‍💻 Now, two problem statements identified, 💪 - To Highlight HTTP links, and - Design HN in a "202X" way. No one will miss the goodness of HN anymore. ⚡️ Thus, Box Piper Hacker News Incepted ✨. All the stories are beautifully designed, and their comments are elegantly aligned and presented which brings out all the goodness of HN for those who are missing it big time. ⚡️ With the story thumbnails 🌌, the user has extra details along with the heading. This allows users to know exactly what they are going to experience. ⚡️ HTTP links are highlighted. Eg: https://hn.boxpiper.com/p/26923322. Better visibility of what you are going to click next 🖱. ⚡️ For instant consumption, a Snapchat like Story mode is created 🔥. The top 10 stories are presented up front and the rest are placed underneath it. It's a time saver for those who are looking for only trending stories. ⚡️ All the pages are mobile optimised and you can add them to your home screen as well. ⚡️ A Twitter bot is created https://twitter.com/boxpiperapp which keeps you updated with the top 10 HN stories daily. Box Piper Hacker News also keeps you updated with all the tech happenings while you are busy. Bot posts all the top contents from Dev.to, Hashnode, Techcrunch, Medium, CNET, and Hackernoon. If you missed the top 10 ProductHunt launches, you will get directly to your Twitter feeds. 💫 Box Piper Hacker News brings all the goodness of HN, for users who want to consume stories that gratify one's intellectual curiosity, in a fresh new way. Check out https://hn.boxpiper.com/. Please invite and share with your friends, family, and colleagues. Share feedback, report an issue, or suggest something new🙏.. Everyone has a right to consume high-quality content 📰 and HN has it. I'm facilitating with this humble attempt. Let's join the bandwagon of the HN fanbase. 🙌

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5yr ago

Helpdesk by LabiDesk

@sanket_makhija This is great! Congrats 🚀

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5yr ago

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Maker

@bochkovaleks Thanks mate. Enjoy HN.

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5yr ago

@sanket_makhija You have renewed my interest in consuming HN again. Thanks :)

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5yr ago

Box Piper Hacker News

Maker

@shardool_desai Thanks mate!Enjoy HN

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5yr ago

I love the idea of this, but there’s no designer on this project, correct? This is another developer that doesn’t value or even know about design principles, right? Currently, this is unreadable on mobile. The text is so tiny and the background and colors are all off. Great idea 💡with poor execution.

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5yr ago

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Maker

@lucky_jeffman Thanks for feedback mate. Definitely there's a scope of improvement. As i mentioned It's an humble attempt to re-imagined hacker news in a fresh new way and seems you liked the idea too. +1 for me. Will improve mobile layout soon and make it more readable. Thanks again.

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5yr ago

I came to know about this product few weeks ago when I was reading HN article. I was surprised to see the new version of HN. The webapp is really gud in performance, with consistent UI. I am also pleased to see new features such as stories keep on getting integrated with the app. Who had thought that we can go through the top HN article as a story. Would really love to see more updates on this awesome product.

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5yr ago

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Maker

@indresh_tripathi Thanks man! You have been one of the early users and your suggestions were very helpful! Enjoy HN!

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5yr ago

Congrats man!! - I like the way you have aggregated the content (stories, jobs) - The site performance is really good - Design wise.. I'm a big fan of minimalist designs because I feel the whole focus stays on the content :) - Also for a design rich layout I feel a lighter background can be used and the boxes for every article can have a bright colour which will put more focus on the content, a good colour combination! - Extra clicks can be avoided for certain posts, for example - 'https://hn.boxpiper.com/p/26930665' (involves a click on the main card first, then again on the link to get to the actual google blog). Should think of a better approach around this. On the whole, its a really great effort and I wish you all the best :)

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5yr ago

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Maker

@nevillekb Thanks mate for all the feedback. Regarding your improvement point, will do my best to make it more user-friendly. 🙌

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5yr ago

Cinematic Studio

Awesome stuff! I think the only thing you could add is indenting on the comments :D (and if I am to dream -> an expand/collapse feature :D) Congrats!

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5yr ago

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Maker

@jtorjo Thanks for the feedback mate. Feature sounds interesting will definitely evaluate it. Enjoy HN.

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5yr ago

Cinematic Studio

@sanket_makhija Sounds good, thanks!

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5yr ago

Have been visiting box piper for last couple of days. The content is very useful and save a lot of time. It would be good, if there is possibility to bookmark the topics and news.

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5yr ago

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Maker

@anil_chaudhary2 Thanks for the feedback mate. Added your suggestion in the roadmaps. Enjoy HN.

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5yr ago

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