Ask HN: What browser extensions do you use for HN?

11 points·jordsmi··15 comments

What extensions do you use to make your time on HN better?

I remember using one before that changed the colors, and had extra features like folding comment threads. I can't seem to find it now though.

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Hacker News Enhancement Suite for Chrome

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhanc...

I just installed the plugin, looks nice!

This is my favourite - adds a lot of nice stuff, and though it sometimes breaks due to site changes, it's always updated pretty quickly to fix issues. And it's open source: https://github.com/etcet/HNES

I think this was the one I had before, thanks!

I use greasemonkey scripts:

https://gist.github.com/kennethrapp/7a21c0187fedd6f47e7c

highlights lines beginning with ">", which helps differentiating quoted replies from comment text. And yes, the idea comes from imageboards, but a lot of people on HN use that syntax in their comments.

https://gist.github.com/kennethrapp/5b5e413220afb93c9c93

removes fading from downvoted and dead comments and text posts.

On Safari I use hckr news[0]. It highlights new comments in threads I've already visited, and allows collapsing. There is also the option use the homepage there, but I just use the normal one.

[0]: http://hckrnews.com/about.html#extensions

I am a fan of Gerogify which focuses on the typography of the site. I think it makes it a lot more readable.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/georgify/ofjfdfale...

If it's minor CSS/stylesheet fixes, suggest using Stylish instead of downloading a full plugin.

Hacker News Room http://hackernewsroom.com is a web-based HN reader, built on the official HN API. It's not a browser extension, but it has some nice features including folding comments. And it works well in all modern browsers.

Disclaimer: I built it.

Collapse comments is pretty light and makes reading comments easier.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collap...

If Chrome, you may be thinking about HackerNew: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlnd...

HN Utility Suite on firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/hn-utility-su...

Hacker News: Mark All Read [1]

[1] https://github.com/GMouron/HNMarkAllRead

Chrome works good.

StyleBot for Chrome to adjust the width.

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