Show HN: Browser Extension to Refine the HN Experience
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Re: Show HN: Browser Extension to Refine the HN Experience
#2Hello everyone, OP/developer here!
If you are already using the extension, you can see the "[op]" beside my username too! ;)
There are many extensions out there that add quite a few features to Hacker News, but they also always do one thing, which I have realised, is a slippery slope: changing the minimalistic design and style of Hacker News.
I created this extension with one thing in mind: I am NOT going to mess around with the overall design or style of Hacker News. It's sacrosanct.
There are quite a few feature additions and interface tweaks that are implemented, a few of the important ones being:
* Reply to a comment or edit/delete your comment without leaving the page (do it inline)
* Navigate through items and comments using your keyboard (vim keybindings)
* Sort/hide stories and auto-refresh periodically
...and many, many more. The GitHub README details all of them.
The extension is available on both Chrome and Firefox. Hope you all enjoy it!
Re: Show HN: Browser Extension to Refine the HN Experience
#3Hello everyone, OP/developer here! If you are already using the extension, you can see the "[op]" beside my username too! ;) There are many extensions out there that add quite a few features to Hacker News, but they also always do one thing, which I have realised, is a slippery slope: changing the minimalistic design and style of Hacker News. I created this extension with one thing in mind: I am NOT going to mess aro…
Did you ever use "Hacker News Enhancement Suite" otherwise known as HNES? That extension had a few of these same features.
Re: Show HN: Browser Extension to Refine the HN Experience
#4Hello everyone, OP/developer here! If you are already using the extension, you can see the "[op]" beside my username too! ;) There are many extensions out there that add quite a few features to Hacker News, but they also always do one thing, which I have realised, is a slippery slope: changing the minimalistic design and style of Hacker News. I created this extension with one thing in mind: I am NOT going to mess aro…
Did you ever use "Hacker News Enhancement Suite" otherwise known as HNES? That extension had a few of these same features.
Yup, I've used that extension briefly in the past. It certainly provided nice features, but as with other similar extensions, it also altered the style quite a bit, which I wasn't too fond of.
Re: Show HN: Browser Extension to Refine the HN Experience
#5>Highlight new, unread comments on subsequent visits
sold!
Re: Show HN: Browser Extension to Refine the HN Experience
#6Hello everyone, OP/developer here! If you are already using the extension, you can see the "[op]" beside my username too! ;) There are many extensions out there that add quite a few features to Hacker News, but they also always do one thing, which I have realised, is a slippery slope: changing the minimalistic design and style of Hacker News. I created this extension with one thing in mind: I am NOT going to mess aro…
Unfortunately for whatever reason firebaseio.com (which gets called by your extension) is blocked in my country[0]. As a result, this extension doesn't work on my end. But bravo for this! I personally very much liked the highlighted unread comments and being able to reply without living the page. The hovering thing bothers a bit tho[1].
[0]: Then again, CloudFlare gives me an access denied upon opening hn.algolia.com as well.
[1]: Interestingly, the extension suggests "show-user-info-on-hover" to be disabled!
Re: Show HN: Browser Extension to Refine the HN Experience
#7Hello everyone, OP/developer here! If you are already using the extension, you can see the "[op]" beside my username too! ;) There are many extensions out there that add quite a few features to Hacker News, but they also always do one thing, which I have realised, is a slippery slope: changing the minimalistic design and style of Hacker News. I created this extension with one thing in mind: I am NOT going to mess aro…
Unfortunately for whatever reason firebaseio.com (which gets called by your extension) is blocked in my country[0]. As a result, this extension doesn't work on my end. But bravo for this! I personally very much liked the highlighted unread comments and being able to reply without living the page. The hovering thing bothers a bit tho[1]. [0]: Then again, CloudFlare gives me an access denied upon opening hn.algolia.com…
This is rather strange. Which country are you in, may I ask? Also, doesn't this hamper with many other websites you might visit that depend on Firebase?
Re: Show HN: Browser Extension to Refine the HN Experience
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unfortunately for whatever reason firebaseio.com (which gets called by your extension) is blocked in my country[0]. As a result, this extension doesn't work on my end. But bravo for this! I personally very much liked the highlighted unread comments and being able to reply without living the page. The hovering thing bothers a bit tho[1]. [0]: Then again, CloudFlare gives me an access denied upon opening hn.algolia.com…
This is rather strange. Which country are you in, may I ask? Also, doesn't this hamper with many other websites you might visit that depend on Firebase?
Currently I'm located in Iran, and yes, many websites that depend on Firebase get automatically blocked (the same goes for medium.com). On top of that, many other websites decide not to provide service to Iran in the first place, so...
Re: Show HN: Browser Extension to Refine the HN Experience
#9Hello everyone, OP/developer here! If you are already using the extension, you can see the "[op]" beside my username too! ;) There are many extensions out there that add quite a few features to Hacker News, but they also always do one thing, which I have realised, is a slippery slope: changing the minimalistic design and style of Hacker News. I created this extension with one thing in mind: I am NOT going to mess aro…
I know you don't want to mess with interface, but have you considered a minimal dark theme? Think it might be nice.
Re: Show HN: Browser Extension to Refine the HN Experience
#10This is fantastic. Can you add a way to sort stories by comment count?