Hacker Bar - an open source RubyMotion Mac app for Hacker News

Hacker Bar - an open source RubyMotion Mac app for Hacker News(hackerbarapp.com)

34 points by markrickert 12 years ago | 32 comments

Gertig 12 years ago |

This is a RubyMotion Mac app open sourced here https://github.com/MohawkApps/Hacker-Bar

skwirl 12 years ago | |

This seems to be the same person. The seller in the app store is "Mohawk Apps, LLC" and the GitHub account is for "MohawkApps." I only point this out because there was an indignant reply here expressing outrage that someone stole an open source project and published it to the app store (that reply was deleted).

markrickert 12 years ago | | |

Ha! Yep. That's me. Here's a blog post about why I open source all my apps and sell them too http://blog.markrickert.me/why-i-open-source-all-my-rubymoti...

publicfig 12 years ago | | |

That reply was by me, and deleted maybe 30 seconds later after I realized my mistake. Also, I wouldn't have considered it as indignant as it was inquisitive.

publicfig 12 years ago |

Here's a link to an open source implementation of this concept that allows you to browse the whole site including comments:

http://www.guidefreitas.com/hacker-news-menu-tab-app

I've been using this for a bit and it's pretty neat. Also not required to use the Mac App Store to install it.

Gertig 12 years ago | |

Didn't see your comment before I posted below, this is on GH too https://github.com/MohawkApps/Hacker-Bar

GantMan 12 years ago | | |

:+1: for writing it in RubyMotion

disposition2 12 years ago | |

Just wanted to say thanks for sharing this. I've been wanting to do a menubar app that uses Forecast.io's API but I have little to no experience with Obj-C so just having something to go off of will help me in learning.

markrickert 12 years ago | |

I saw this before deciding to build my own... it's just a webview and is a lot slower than mine. My app is completely native with no webviews whatsoever. So faster and less memory intensive :)

rickdale 12 years ago |

+1 for RubyMotion and making a Mac OSX App. A lot of the Ruby Motion stuff seems to push people to thinking it is mostly for the mobile app development stuff, but I think its the easiest way to build custom gui apps on the mac. Very cool!

Wouter33 12 years ago |

Looks nice and i intended to download it. But $ 4,99 is a bit high for such a small app without the possibility to testdrive it.

uahal 12 years ago | |

Kind of reminds me of Alien Blue for Reddit. I hemmed and hawed about buying AB for some amount of money (I don't even remember how much it was) and now I can't live without it.

Can't say I've ever felt that way about a Mac app but I'm giving it a shot.

markrickert 12 years ago | |

I've changed the price to $1.99 if you quit the App Store app and reload it, the price will be $1.99!

Gertig 12 years ago | |

I see it at $1.99 now

frdmn 12 years ago | |

I second this!

jamon51 12 years ago | |

$1.99 now.

jamon51 12 years ago |

I've been using this for a few months as a beta tester and it's awesome. Definitely the best way to browse HN.

akkartik 12 years ago |

https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/discreet...

jason_slack 12 years ago |

+1 for a site that feels nice and clean. Did you design it yourself?

markrickert 12 years ago | |

My buddy Corey designed it - https://twitter.com/cdugd

skazhy 12 years ago |

Ability to save to Pinboard / Pocket / etc would be cool. Otherwise - don't really see how this is better than just having an open HN tab in browser.

subpixel 12 years ago |

Just installed via the app store and it's not launching in Mountain Lion, even after a restart. Will upload report to github as well.

adefa 12 years ago |

I'm having difficult clicking the footer links using Chrome 31.0.1650.57 m with Windows 7.

markrickert 12 years ago | |

Hey, sorry about that. I've fixed the page and it should work now!

adanto6840 12 years ago | | |

I'm experiencing the same issue still -- had to view source to get the project's GitHub URL. :-)

Chrome Version 31.0.1650.57 running on OSX 10.7.5

cobrabyte 12 years ago |

Crashing for me :( Uploaded crash log to GitHub though... hoping something comes of that.

Gertig 12 years ago | |

Thanks cobrabyte, really appreciate you doing that!

shieldsma91 12 years ago |

Hey the footer is difficult to read on my Android phone. Nice work tho.

alexobenauer 12 years ago |

In chrome, I get a blank page. Works in Safari, though.

menubar 12 years ago |

I'll allow it.

markrickert 12 years ago | |

Thank you, gracious master.