let me know, it's my first app and i don't have any experience at all, ( i'm an 18 years old )
Suggestion: Make use of android's press-and-hold feature, where if you hold a button or link for a second or two, it can pop up a menu. Put your upvote link there. Check out the opensource 'Reddit is fun' Android app, it's really good and might give you some more ideas as well.
but the "tries to not suck" also stands for "i hope my first app will get positive comments :D"
I just wish something like this existed for iOS.
Looks good btw.
* Maybe you could visually distinguish the "headline" item in any given view from the items under it? E.g. when you're looking at a story and its comments, they're all displayed like visually identical items in a single list. Maybe the story (or the top comment, if you're reading a thread) could be made to stand out somehow?
* An icon to jump directly to stories from the home page?
* You could register the app with an intent filter for urls under http://news.ycombinator.com/ (like e.g. Reddit Is Fun does for their app – see the app manifest in their GitHub repo for details)
i don't understand the 2), in what way the "home" button is different ?
EDIT: now i understand the 2) -.-' yeah, i was thinking about implementing a gesturehandler to handle a swipe and open the link :D
For $1.15, I'll download this and compare the two. But I'm certainly biased in favor of improving existing services and apps vs. recreating the wheel since its easier than collaborating (plus improving existing is certainly the road less traveled.)
that's the source code, it's ugly i know, but it's the best i can do for now :S
