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Or you could check all the new postings with RSS. http://news.ycombinator.com/rss
That shows you every article that makes the front page, it does not show you articles that people have just submitted. An RSS feed for all submissions might be nice, but refreshing the new page every 30 minutes or so is also sufficient. Since they roll down in order you don't lose your place, but the front page articles "jump" into whatever place the algorithm determines, which is why I prefer to read the front page…
At least, that's how I've seen it play out.
You know, I had a thought about this - why not make it an option to show me the 5 most recent new submissions on the bottom of the index page (e.g., the top 25 plus 5 latest). It's not a perfect solution, but at least I'll be aware it's there. I understand that could lead to some nasty gaming of the system though, just the first idea I thought of.
or a little DSL for us to specify what we wanted on our homepage. (def homepage (page (top 10) (newest 5)))
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or a little DSL for us to specify what we wanted on our homepage. (def homepage (page (top 10) (newest 5)))
I'm planning to start letting people use code snippets to customize stuff, actually.
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That shows you every article that makes the front page, it does not show you articles that people have just submitted. An RSS feed for all submissions might be nice, but refreshing the new page every 30 minutes or so is also sufficient. Since they roll down in order you don't lose your place, but the front page articles "jump" into whatever place the algorithm determines, which is why I prefer to read the front page…
The RSS shows every submission which gets at least one up vote. So most spam doesn't make it to the RSS, but a lot of other cruft can pass through depending on if at least one person liked it. At least, that's how I've seen it play out.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=433004
Another idea is simply to display the number of new stories submitted since you last visited the New page:
new (26) | threads | comments | leaders | jobs | submit
new* | threads | comments | leaders | jobs | submit
Over a week ago, I put in a feature request to give users a karma point daily just for visiting the New page: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=433004 Another idea is simply to display the number of new stories submitted since you last visited the New page: new (26) | threads | comments | leaders | jobs | submit Edit: A third, less obtrusive option is to use an asterisk: new* | threads | comments | leaders | jobs |…
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or a little DSL for us to specify what we wanted on our homepage. (def homepage (page (top 10) (newest 5)))
Now that I think about it, I am pretty sure something like this is possible with some greasemonkey/iframe magic Still not a perfect solution as not everyone will install it - but a decent start eh?
HN Toolkit: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/25039
Install and turn on the 'Show new items at bottom of main page?' option.
Let me know if you have problems.
Over a week ago, I put in a feature request to give users a karma point daily just for visiting the New page: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=433004 Another idea is simply to display the number of new stories submitted since you last visited the New page: new (26) | threads | comments | leaders | jobs | submit Edit: A third, less obtrusive option is to use an asterisk: new* | threads | comments | leaders | jobs |…
I really like this idea to put a number next to new, making it feel like an inbox. People will end up clicking it based on their need to "empty the inbox" built up from email management.
The only thing I like about non-time-series sites like HN is that it just isn't in their nature to ever be something inbox-like. It's the sole saving grace of having a voting system, especially with vote-ranked threaded discussion -- it keeps it from ever being something I have to "catch up with" regularly.
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Really... what did you think you were going to accomplish by choosing that user name?
The account was registered 211 days ago. Was this the opportunity they were waiting for?