Looks lovely, but I feel uncomfortable weakening my security just for a bit of sugar.
I use ihackernews.com/ for reading on mobile, and log in at news.ycombinator.com itself for posting or upvoting.
It takes longer, but I feel safer.
I use ihackernews.com/ for reading on mobile, and log in at news.ycombinator.com itself for posting or upvoting.
It takes longer, but I feel safer.
When installing the Chrome plugin, Chrome clearly states which domain(s) it will allow the plugin to interact with.
I would see your point if this was for a banking site, or any other site where you would want to keep some information private, but I don't really see how this applies in this context.
Running any executable code on my machine is a risk, and should involve a cost-benefit analysis.
In this case? Benefit - makes Hacker News look a bit nicer. Cost - I have no idea, without spending a time looking at the source code and Chrome's security policy.
So my analysis makes me think it's just not worth installing.