Ask PG: Vim shortcuts for navigating HN?

#1

Post by stanley » Sat, Jun 26, 2010, 6:10 AM UTC

Any chance we could get keyboard shortcuts integrated into HN?

Nothing fancy, just something simple akin to: http://www.google.com/experimental/

Re: Ask PG: Vim shortcuts for navigating HN?

#2

Post by joshfraser » Sat, Jun 26, 2010, 6:43 AM UTC

cool idea, but no reason to wait for PG to do it. it shouldn't be hard to hack up a greasemonkey script or a chrome plugin to add that functionality for yourself. then once you've proven its usefulness, i'm sure PG would be happy to consider adding the script to the site for everyone.

Re: Ask PG: Vim shortcuts for navigating HN?

#3

Post by jpcx01 » Sat, Jun 26, 2010, 6:56 AM UTC

i'm a vim lover, but this request is just plain nuts

Re: Ask PG: Vim shortcuts for navigating HN?

#4

Post by mullr » Sat, Jun 26, 2010, 7:00 AM UTC

jpcx01 wrote: post #3

i'm a vim lover, but this request is just plain nuts

Why is it nuts? Gmail does this.

Re: Ask PG: Vim shortcuts for navigating HN?

#5

Post by joshfraser » Sat, Jun 26, 2010, 7:08 AM UTC

mullr wrote: post #4

jpcx01 wrote: post #3

i'm a vim lover, but this request is just plain nuts

Why is it nuts? Gmail does this.

i love the j/k shortcuts in google reader. i'd use it on HN too if it was available.

Re: Ask PG: Vim shortcuts for navigating HN?

#6

Post by jrockway » Sat, Jun 26, 2010, 7:12 AM UTC

Just install vimperator or conkeror.

It's called a user agent because the user controls it. Don't rely on site authors to care about your special needs!

Re: Ask PG: Vim shortcuts for navigating HN?

#7

Post by mhansen » Sat, Jun 26, 2010, 7:32 AM UTC

mullr wrote: post #4

jpcx01 wrote: post #3

i'm a vim lover, but this request is just plain nuts

Why is it nuts? Gmail does this.

The jQuery API docs have something similar with the up/down arrows. http://api.jquery.com/

Re: Ask PG: Vim shortcuts for navigating HN?

#8

Post by ostso » Sat, Jun 26, 2010, 7:34 AM UTC

See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=277099> -- the linked post doesn't seem to work for me, but the first link in the first comment does.

Re: Ask PG: Vim shortcuts for navigating HN?

#9

Post by tfh » Sat, Jun 26, 2010, 7:46 AM UTC

jrockway wrote: post #6

Just install vimperator or conkeror. It's called a user agent because the user controls it. Don't rely on site authors to care about your special needs!

Vimperator is the only thing keeping me using firefox and not another browser. The chrome version is just not as good.

Re: Ask PG: Vim shortcuts for navigating HN?

#10

Post by javert » Sat, Jun 26, 2010, 8:38 AM UTC

jrockway wrote: post #6

Just install vimperator or conkeror. It's called a user agent because the user controls it. Don't rely on site authors to care about your special needs!

For anyone who doesn't know - vimperator is amazing and I couldn't imagine using the Web without it.