Why not make this a user-style? [0] In particular I ask this because your approach -if generally applied- means installing an extension for each single site, which feels a bit too much. [0] https://userstyles.org/styles/browse/ycombinator
There're some extra features (e.g. bookmarks) that utilize scripting and data storing. So a userstyle wouldn't cut it. A user script though would. Also privacy-wise I think there isn't a way to limit an extension to a single site, something possible with a user script.
It is way less efficient to consume HN with this design, so I won't use it.
I agree, it's a lot harder to logically/visually move through comments. The grey-black-black-with-underlines is a lot easier to read then the bold-black/black/thin-hl. It's kind of why I hate the new reddit style too. I also don't like having to hover to see the icons for reply. Why are you hiding the parent/context buttons for navigation in a dot-dot-dot menu when you drill into a comment chain? Where's prev/next? U…
I think there’s a trend to replace applications having information-dense designs with all actions at your fingertips with ones that add so much padding that you can only see a little bit of information at a time and in order to perform any action, you have to hover or click several times.
I'm not a huge fan of how it removes the built-in account-linked bookmarking functionality (favorites) and replaces it with a pro-only feature (locally stored bookmarks).
Looks like that's a bug, sorry about that. Will be fixed in the next update.
For reference, in the Pro version you can set the storage for your favorites to private (local browser storage) or public (HN profile). It's currently set to private storage for free users, but should be set to public (to save to your HN profile).
Correction, I was referring to "X more comments..." like seen on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32755893 I just want all comments to load on page load so I can search easily.
Ah ok. Actually we've mostly turned pagination off lately because recent performance improvements (not the big ones - those are still coming!) made it possible. But I forgot to turn it off when I restarted the server today, and with the big QE thread burning hot at the moment, we should maybe wait a while. I agree that it's annoying and it will be a happy day when we can turn it off properly.
oh, that's great news. pagination always got in the way when tracking new comments because when switching to the next page the order of the comments may have changed, and i see comments on the second page which i already read on the first, and i wonder which comments i am missing because they moved from the second to the first page by the time i switch pages.
Why not make this a user-style? [0] In particular I ask this because your approach -if generally applied- means installing an extension for each single site, which feels a bit too much. [0] https://userstyles.org/styles/browse/ycombinator
There're some extra features (e.g. bookmarks) that utilize scripting and data storing. So a userstyle wouldn't cut it. A user script though would. Also privacy-wise I think there isn't a way to limit an extension to a single site, something possible with a user script.
> Also privacy-wise I think there isn't a way to limit an extension to a single site
On Chrome/Edge you can, not sure about Firefox.
Additionally this extension only even asks for permission to access Hacker News and some backend stuff presumably used for the paid tier.
I love it. I wonder if it's possible to do this by proxying requests to HN instead of a Chrome extension -- that way I don't have to bloat the browser's start-up time and don't have to "worry" about this extension spying on other websites, even though I realize it's unlikely, it's good principle to not have to give this permission.
It's possible, but as I mentioned in another comment, building this as an extension has some added benefits [1]. > that way I don't have to bloat the browser's start-up time and don't have to "worry" about this extension spying on other websites, even though I realize it's unlikely No need to worry about that, as it's limited by the permissions specified in the extension manifiest. So this extension can only access n…
I wish this were more of an SPA with an account system/db of it's own, I'd even pay for a subscription (small one). I'd basically like there to be a mobile app and desktop version that no matter where I read an article, it's marked read. I use materialize and hckrnews now, if both of these could keep track of the same bookmarks, visited links, and maybe allow note taking or creating groups of saved things, that'd be awesome. Also notifications and a messaging system like reddit has would be cool...in fact I just want a redditized HN experience lol.
I agree, it's a lot harder to logically/visually move through comments. The grey-black-black-with-underlines is a lot easier to read then the bold-black/black/thin-hl. It's kind of why I hate the new reddit style too. I also don't like having to hover to see the icons for reply. Why are you hiding the parent/context buttons for navigation in a dot-dot-dot menu when you drill into a comment chain? Where's prev/next? U…
I think there’s a trend to replace applications having information-dense designs with all actions at your fingertips with ones that add so much padding that you can only see a little bit of information at a time and in order to perform any action, you have to hover or click several times.
yes, and i find it disturbing. either a feature is there, then it should be visible at all times, or it should be off completely. while i am reading my eyes are tracking the locations of those buttons/links so that i can quickly move the mouse to use them. if they are hidden that slows me down and gets in the way. it makes sense on small screen like mobile where it is better to use the space to show more content and have actions hidden behind a menu, but not on the desktop.
I really like the current simple design of HN, my only issue with it is how ridiculously zoomed out it is by default. I've been viewing HN at 150% zoom for as long as I can remember.
I view HN at 200% Getting old :/
I've always felt bad about 133% and this thread is putting things in perspective for me
It is way less efficient to consume HN with this design, so I won't use it.
Why is it way less efficient?
because it hides important UI elements. in particular prev and next which i use frequently are completely missing. that alone forced me to turn off the extension after just a few minutes, because unfortunately it made pages very difficult to navigate.