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Re: Show HN: How many miles do you think you've scrolled today?

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Post by twicetwice »

adamredwoods wrote: post #66
dghughes wrote: post #43

Within the last six months I've developed arthritis in both my hands (and ankles). Each morning when I wake up both of my hands are stiff like they've been in ice water. My right index finger which I use for scrolling using my mouse scroll wheel (and typing). when I bend in in the morning my index finger it will make a snapping noise. None of my other fingers make the snapping noise. The odd thing is it isn't the joi…

I find scroll wheels dangerous on the index finger, as it gets quite a workout. I prefer touchpads/ mousepads for scrolling, but I'm curious if foot pedals would be better.

Interesting—I scroll with my middle finger, always have. I thought everyone did. Makes sense in retrospect that different people would find different "intuitive" ways of using a mouse, though!

Re: Show HN: How many miles do you think you've scrolled today?

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Post by WilliamEdward »

jooize wrote: post #79
revicon wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One thing I always do is use the Chrome Extension Source Viewer (also an extension) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-extension-s... Which lets me view the source code of any chrome extension right from the chrome store install page, lets me see for myself if the extension is going to try to make any covert external web requests or whatever.

… in its current state.

Just don't update it?

Re: Show HN: How many miles do you think you've scrolled today?

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Post by ajayyy »

prashantb wrote: post #81
jfoster wrote: post #71

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It's been a while since I dabbled in Chrome extensions, but if nothing has changed, then not as a Chrome extension, unfortunately. If you mean theoretically, then of course; Chrome could let extensions subscribe to particular event hooks and whatnot and get very fine-grained about it. I expect that would actually be too fine-grained for most users, but what they have at the moment is a system where installing almost…

On the last part, I agree with you from a developer's point of view as well. The review process is a shambles at the moment. Sometimes the review process can take weeks and one can still get rejected with no explanation. I understand the need for a manual review when an extension asks for powerful permissions like this one does but an approval time of more than a week is a bit much. And every subsequent update to the…

Firefox only does manual reviews on "Recommended Extensions"

Re: Show HN: How many miles do you think you've scrolled today?

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Post by renewiltord »

tbodt wrote: post #94
WilliamEdward wrote: post #92

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Just don't update it?

You can't avoid Chrome extension updates

Pretty easy if you’re a security concerned software engineer. Clone repo, read the source, and Load Unpacked...

Last time I did this it was easier than typing this comment.

Re: Show HN: How many miles do you think you've scrolled today?

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Post by greggman3 »

chmod775 wrote: post #42
KMnO4 wrote: post #40

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This is also standard journalism practice, and I use it all the time as a somewhat heuristic for news article credibility. Journalists are taught to put the most important details at the head of an article, and the least important at the end. This is tradition from print newspapers, where your article would be cut if the editor didn't have enough space. Sometimes only the first paragraph would make it into print, so…

> Journalists are taught to put the most important details at the head of an article In online journalism practice many do the exact opposite. They make you read paragraph after paragraph of speculations and bullshit before elaborating/explaining their click bait headline. Anything to make you stay and scroll so their ads get more screen time.

I stopped reading several links from HN today when it was clear the author wasn't getting to the point. If they had told me the point at the top I might or might not have continued to read but at least they would have gotten their point to across. As it is they got nothing across.

Re: Show HN: How many miles do you think you've scrolled today?

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Post by jfoster »

jdc wrote: post #85
jfoster wrote: post #71

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It's been a while since I dabbled in Chrome extensions, but if nothing has changed, then not as a Chrome extension, unfortunately. If you mean theoretically, then of course; Chrome could let extensions subscribe to particular event hooks and whatnot and get very fine-grained about it. I expect that would actually be too fine-grained for most users, but what they have at the moment is a system where installing almost…

I expect that would actually be too fine-grained for most users [...] Even with that level of detail on the backend, there's no need to expose it all the user by default. That is, you could tell the user about group various related events together (eg. mouse, page load, etc) and power users could also drill-down if they like.

Yeah, that would be a good way to do it.

Re: Show HN: How many miles do you think you've scrolled today?

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Post by dghughes »

twicetwice wrote: post #91
adamredwoods wrote: post #66

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I find scroll wheels dangerous on the index finger, as it gets quite a workout. I prefer touchpads/ mousepads for scrolling, but I'm curious if foot pedals would be better.

Interesting—I scroll with my middle finger, always have. I thought everyone did. Makes sense in retrospect that different people would find different "intuitive" ways of using a mouse, though!

I do now!
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