Hacker News Collapse
Consumer and social
browser extension for hacker news
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
11 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score +0.41.
Idea: 8 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful for long threads with many comments.
From 3 comments
Awesome work. This is really helpful on stories that have more than a hundred comments.
quanticle on HNThank you! This is great and doesn't do anything I don't care about!
elliotec on HNWorks great, thanks!
IkmoIkmo on HN
Works well and does only what is needed.
From 2 comments
Thank you! This is great and doesn't do anything I don't care about!
elliotec on HNWorks great, thanks!
IkmoIkmo on HN
Objections
Some users find the collapse position on the right less convenient than the left.
From 1 comment
This is pretty cool! I switched from a similar extension purely because I prefer the location on the left of the comment rather than the right. I've tried a lot of these and one…
smhinsey on HN
Collapse state is not remembered between visits.
From 2 comments
This is pretty cool! I switched from a similar extension purely because I prefer the location on the left of the comment rather than the right. I've tried a lot of these and one…
smhinsey on HNLove it. Suggestion: persist the collapse state to `localStorage`. This is enabled on Reddit through a Chrome Extension as well.
Rauchg on HN
Requests
Persist collapse state to localStorage.
From 1 comment
Love it. Suggestion: persist the collapse state to `localStorage`. This is enabled on Reddit through a Chrome Extension as well.
Rauchg on HN
Hide voting buttons on collapsed comments.
From 1 comment
The voting buttons should probably disappear for minimized comments.
pc86 on HN
Clearer documentation of which comments are collapsed.
From 1 comment
Cool! I've always found it hard to read comments in the big discussions. It would be helpful if you had more details on what comments it collapses in the Chrome store…
tswartz on HN
Questions
Can the threshold of which comments collapse be adjusted?
From 1 comment
Cool! I've always found it hard to read comments in the big discussions. It would be helpful if you had more details on what comments it collapses in the Chrome store…
tswartz on HN
Does it have extra features over existing collapsible extensions?
From 1 comment
I've used https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collapsible-c/hockhafcdegocajmjhafgjncjpodihkd for a while, does this have any extra features?
charlieegan3 on HN
Alternatives named
Hacker News Enhancement Suite
From 1 comment
I'm pretty happy with "Hacker News Enhancement Suite", it supports this and few other nice things. [0] [0]…
shadeless on HN
HN Special
From 2 comments
It is if you use HN Special ;) http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/hn-special/
tomphoolery on HNI use "HN Special"[1] with the visual theme turned off (it irritates me). It also offers infinite scrolling, although it makes accessing the search box a little tedious. [1]…
flashman on HN
hckrnews.com extension
From 1 comment
I use this one (supports Chrome and Safari): http://hckrnews.com/about.html#extensions It has collapsing, and it also highlights unread comments.
lobster_johnson on HN
Hacker News Collapsible Comments extension
From 2 comments
I've used https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collapsible-c/hockhafcdegocajmjhafgjncjpodihkd for a while, does this have any extra features?
charlieegan3 on HNLooks quite similar in behaviour to one I've been using previously: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collapsible-c/hockhafcdegocajmjhafgjncjpodihkd
wluu on HN