Refined Hacker News
Consumer and social
browser extension for hacker news
SHOW HN2019
259points
122comments
#130of 2,195 in 2019
Top 6%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
21 positive, 32 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 7 critical, out of 64 comments about the project. Thread score +0.24.
Idea: 8 for, 1 againstDesign: 5 for, 3 againstExecution: 2 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 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
Keeps the original HN look while adding useful features
From 3 comments
This is wonderful work, and done in a respectful way that doesn't get in the way of the original site while adding quite a lot of really useful stuff. Great job with this. Now if…
throwaway413 on HNI love how it fits with the theme of the original site!
MH15 on HNYes! I have tried my best not to modify the site's theme at all, and stay consistent with it whenever adding any new elements.
plibither8 on HN
Inline reply and highlighting of new comments are useful
From 3 comments
Just installed. Thanks, this is an excellent addition. Good job!
UI_at_80x24 on HNGood work( using this comment to test out the inline reply and while typing i noticed , that , hey this works " )
totaldude87 on HNThanks, I like the 'highlight new comments' bit, I hope HN will bake that in someday.
mzs on HN
Keyboard shortcuts are welcome
From 2 comments
My prayers have been answered. Thank you so much for adding keyboard shortcuts to HN. It was getting to the point where I had a project on the roadmap to build an API application…
vinceguidry on HNJ and K are intuitive for anyone familiar with vim's keybindings for up and down.
npongratz on HN
Objections
Extension requests browsing history and tabs permissions
From 2 comments
Could somebody please explain the selection of required permissions to me? For example, why does it need: "Access browsing history", "Access browser tabs"?
hagreet on HNwhy would need access to browsing history ? I am tryin to install the add-on for firefox
rammy1234 on HN
Firebase calls get blocked in some countries and break the extension
From 2 comments
Unfortunately for whatever reason firebaseio.com (which gets called by your extension) is blocked in my country[0]. As a result, this extension doesn't work on my end. But bravo…
behnamoh on HNCurrently I'm located in Iran, and yes, many websites that depend on Firebase get automatically blocked (the same goes for medium.com). On top of that, many other websites decide…
behnamoh on HN
Voting and collapse buttons are too small
From 2 comments
> I created this extension with one thing in mind: I am NOT going to mess around with the overall design or style of Hacker News. It's sacrosanct. I wish you would do something…
newscracker on HNSeconding this, the buttons are way too tiny. On mobile they are almost impossible to hit on smaller text settings.
colemannugent on HN
J and K keybindings feel unintuitive
From 1 comment
I like it so far, but J to navigate down and K to navigate up is not intuitive at all. It should be flipped to match our Left-to-Right-Top-to-Bottom understanding of layouts
tbirrell on HN
Requests
Tag users
From 2 comments
I use HNES, but the only feature in it I care about is tagging users. I very much wish I could turn off all of the other features, especially its custom styles. If you were to…
nathcd on HNTagging users would be a very useful feature to me.
WhatIsDukkha on HN
Dark theme
From 1 comment
I know you don't want to mess with interface, but have you considered a minimal dark theme? Think it might be nice.
jumbopapa on HN
Configurable keybindings
From 1 comment
May I suggest adding an options page to configure the keybindings (and store them in browser.storage.sync)? Happy to send a PR.
infokiller on HN
Sort stories by comment count
From 1 comment
This is fantastic. Can you add a way to sort stories by comment count?
enraged_camel on HN
Hide paywalled sites
From 1 comment
Feature request: hide-paywalled-sites Removes all links from wsj, nytimes, bloomberg, etc.
snarfy on HN
Questions
Why it needs browsing history and tabs permissions
From 2 comments
Could somebody please explain the selection of required permissions to me? For example, why does it need: "Access browsing history", "Access browser tabs"?
hagreet on HNwhy would need access to browsing history ? I am tryin to install the add-on for firefox
rammy1234 on HN
Why it is not on Safari
From 1 comment
The extension is available on both Chrome and Firefox Slightly off-topic, but why not Safari? Is it harder to program plug-ins than the others? Not enough market share? Just…
reaperducer on HN
Alternatives named
Hacker News Enhancement Suite (HNES)
From 1 comment
Did you ever use "Hacker News Enhancement Suite" otherwise known as HNES? That extension had a few of these same features.
habosa on HN
DarkReader
From 1 comment
For Firefox, there is DarkReader [1] A small sub-set of websites will be slowed down or break, but you can enable/disable per domain. [1] -…
LinuxBender on HN
hckrnews.com
From 1 comment
Related: I use http://hckrnews.com/ and since discovering it, I've never gone back to the HN main page. Might be useful as well to someone.
nestorherre on HN
HackerNew
From 1 comment
I've been using HackerNew [0] for years now (probably 5+) and love it. It does change the style a little bit but I quite enjoy it. It appears to be missing in the chrome store…
joshstrange on HN