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Re: Save Even More Time On Hacker News

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Post by d503 »

vlad wrote: post #40

In case there is any confusion, Autobahn for Hacker News launched on July 4th with hundreds of unique daily users using the slogan "Save Time on Hacker News", so I ask this author to come up with another tagline to avoid confusion. With Autobahn, you truly save time: you can ban stories by domain name, see full story domain names, and view user profiles in an overlay with a twitter button and picture, so you don't ha…

This project was clearly around before Autobahn (May 27 blog post vs June 8 start date) and according to the Chrome Web Store it has more users (785 vs 409).

http://danmaz74.me/2012/05/27/save-time-on-hacker-neww-mark-...

Re: Save Even More Time On Hacker News

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Post by adambyrtek »

pooriaazimi wrote: post #35
adambyrtek wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I always wonder why Hacker News is not developed as an open source project. This seems like a natural approach for such community, especially taking into account that pg has no time/interest to drive it himself.

It is open source: http://arclanguage.org/install Though, I doubt pg accepts "pull requests" or anything. He likes the site the way it is, apparently (I don't like HN to have a million share buttons either, but I do want a few things added that would make life for thousands of HN visitors much easier).

I really doubt pg likes the fact that HN is so painful to use on mobile, and this is just one example. I understand that he doesn't have time to work on the site himself, but he should at least consider appointing some "community committee" consisting of trusted users who are willing to help. Sometimes letting go is best.

Re: Save Even More Time On Hacker News

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Post by vlad »

Alex3917 wrote: post #36
danmaz74 wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This doesn't happen to me and it just shouldn't happen (I don't change the username in any way). Did you see this consistently? It's very odd.

Ahh I think I was actually thinking of the HN chrome extension Autobahn, which also has the tagline "save time on Hacker News."

(author here) First, thanks for trying Autobahn! I wanted to mention that Autobahn has always allowed you to enable/disable any of the three features in the Options panel. I'm also curious about what you didn't like about the Profile Overlay? It shows the user profile in an overlay so you don't have to click the back button, as well as the user's twitter handle, picture, and profile image. On top of that, it makes links and emails clickable. Thanks!

Re: Save Even More Time On Hacker News

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Post by vlad »

Alex3917 wrote: post #27

I actually just uninstalled this the other day. It annoyed me that clicking on someone's username wouldn't take me to their profile page, and not only that but there was no longer any way to get there.

> It annoyed me that clicking on someone's username wouldn't take me to their profile page

Thanks for using my Autobahn for Hacker News plugin for the past few months! I thought I should let you know that you can disable the Profile Overlay in the options panel. I love it because I can see the user's twitter name, image, and follow button, as well as clickable links and e-mail addresses, all without having to click the 'Back' button. What don't you like about that feature?

Re: Save Even More Time On Hacker News

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Post by danmaz74 »

vlad wrote: post #40

In case there is any confusion, Autobahn for Hacker News launched on July 4th with hundreds of unique daily users using the slogan "Save Time on Hacker News", so I ask this author to come up with another tagline to avoid confusion. With Autobahn, you truly save time: you can ban stories by domain name, see full story domain names, and view user profiles in an overlay with a twitter button and picture, so you don't ha…

In case there is any confusion, as somebody else already noticed, Mark All Read was published already in may, and the announcement was titled "save time on hacker news":

http://danmaz74.me/2012/05/27/save-time-on-hacker-neww-mark-...

If you want to use that slogan I'm not going to sue you, but please, before sending this kind of "cease and desist", at least check your facts.

Re: Save Even More Time On Hacker News

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Post by vlad »

danmaz74 wrote: post #46
vlad wrote: post #40

In case there is any confusion, Autobahn for Hacker News launched on July 4th with hundreds of unique daily users using the slogan "Save Time on Hacker News", so I ask this author to come up with another tagline to avoid confusion. With Autobahn, you truly save time: you can ban stories by domain name, see full story domain names, and view user profiles in an overlay with a twitter button and picture, so you don't ha…

In case there is any confusion, as somebody else already noticed, Mark All Read was published already in may, and the announcement was titled "save time on hacker news": http://danmaz74.me/2012/05/27/save-time-on-hacker-neww-mark-... If you want to use that slogan I'm not going to sue you, but please, before sending this kind of "cease and desist", at least check your facts.

I didn't realize you used the exact same slogan previously!

While there are many other Chrome extensions on Hacker News, I spent three weeks perfecting the three main features (banning domains, user profile overlay, subdomains) as well as allowing the users to disable any of them.

As anyone on Hacker News who's ever released a product can relate, I was confused that 1) someone used mine for many months, and then uninstalled it without realizing they could disable a feature, and 2) the same person who used mine for many months didn't know the difference between my plugin and yours, and then 3) they posted on my favorite tech site about it. :)

Looks like they remembered the slogan from my web site, "Save Time on Hacker News", but not the web site url, or the screenshot showing that you can go the standard Chrome Options to disable a feature. Given that I only submitted Autobahn once to the Chrome Store and Hacker News and haven't had a bug to force releasing a new update since launch, I guess I have to start writing blog posts, marketing, and work up the branding a bit when I release version 2. :)

Both of us obviously developed and use our own plugin for our own needs, and I hope we continue to share our improvements to the site with the Hacker News crowd! :)

Finally, I also want to thank Alex for making me consider adding a specific icon to the username for loading the user profile normally, and will follow-up with him about why he didn't like the feature after using it for many months.

Re: Save Even More Time On Hacker News

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Post by danmaz74 »

vlad wrote: post #48
danmaz74 wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In case there is any confusion, as somebody else already noticed, Mark All Read was published already in may, and the announcement was titled "save time on hacker news": http://danmaz74.me/2012/05/27/save-time-on-hacker-neww-mark-... If you want to use that slogan I'm not going to sue you, but please, before sending this kind of "cease and desist", at least check your facts.

I didn't realize you used the exact same slogan previously! While there are many other Chrome extensions on Hacker News, I spent three weeks perfecting the three main features (banning domains, user profile overlay, subdomains) as well as allowing the users to disable any of them. As anyone on Hacker News who's ever released a product can relate, I was confused that 1) someone used mine for many months, and then unin…

Ok, no big deal :) Case closed, and good luck with your extension!
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