Show HN: Quickly scan HN for new articles

#1

Post by bachmitre » Fri, Jun 14, 2024, 1:03 PM UTC

I have a dedicated HN tab that I come back to and reload multiple times a day to see whats new and hot.

I wrote a Chrome Extension to:

- quickly scan new articles since my last reload - quickly scan highly discussed articles - open actual articles and discussions in a new tab

This links to the source code. The chrome extension is linked at the bottom of the github page.

Note:

- This extension only operates on the HN front page (https://news.ycombinator.com/news) - The first time you reload the HN front page after installing the extension all articles will get highlighted.

Show HN: Quickly scan HN for new articles
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Re: Show HN: Quickly scan HN for new articles

#2

Post by giancarlostoro » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 5:14 PM UTC

I do this too, sometimes I wonder what all has changed in 24hrs, so this is great. I will even keep a tab open untouched so I can see what was open before, and open a new one. Making "snapshot tabs" if you will.

Re: Show HN: Quickly scan HN for new articles

#3

Post by frfl » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 5:31 PM UTC

I've defaulted to this https://hckrnews.com/ intead of HN homepage. This is ordered by time rather than rank.

Re: Show HN: Quickly scan HN for new articles

#4

Post by jedberg » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 6:01 PM UTC

This is awesome! On an unrelated note, anyone have good resources for converting chrome extensions to Safari?

I found this and will try it later if no one has a better suggestion:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Safari/comments/10meyn5/how_to_conv...

Re: Show HN: Quickly scan HN for new articles

#5

Post by pluc » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 6:03 PM UTC

Or you could just use RSS...

Re: Show HN: Quickly scan HN for new articles

#6

Post by gabrielsroka » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 6:04 PM UTC

I was wondering why the extension is so large. It includes a 500KB PNG. Perhaps the shell script was supposed to exclude it from the zip file.

Re: Show HN: Quickly scan HN for new articles

#7

Post by gabrielsroka » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 6:05 PM UTC

jedberg wrote: post #4

This is awesome! On an unrelated note, anyone have good resources for converting chrome extensions to Safari? I found this and will try it later if no one has a better suggestion: https://www.reddit.com/r/Safari/comments/10meyn5/how_to_conv...

I thought Safari and Firefox were supposed to start supporting Chrome's webextensions.

I've had some luck with Firefox although there are differences. I haven't tried Safari.

Re: Show HN: Quickly scan HN for new articles

#8

Post by jedberg » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 6:15 PM UTC

gabrielsroka wrote: post #7

jedberg wrote: post #4

This is awesome! On an unrelated note, anyone have good resources for converting chrome extensions to Safari? I found this and will try it later if no one has a better suggestion: https://www.reddit.com/r/Safari/comments/10meyn5/how_to_conv...

I thought Safari and Firefox were supposed to start supporting Chrome's webextensions. I've had some luck with Firefox although there are differences. I haven't tried Safari.

I don't see a way to install an extension that isn't in the Safari store, other than that link I found on reddit. But I could definitely be missing something.

Re: Show HN: Quickly scan HN for new articles

#9

Post by bluish29 » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 6:24 PM UTC

jedberg wrote: post #8

gabrielsroka wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought Safari and Firefox were supposed to start supporting Chrome's webextensions. I've had some luck with Firefox although there are differences. I haven't tried Safari.

I don't see a way to install an extension that isn't in the Safari store, other than that link I found on reddit. But I could definitely be missing something.

You will need to build it using xcode and install it like ordinary app (On MacOS at least)

Re: Show HN: Quickly scan HN for new articles

#10

Post by lovegrenoble » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 6:27 PM UTC

Thank you, very useful