Autobahn
Consumer and social
hacker news client extension
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
6 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 4 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Design: 4 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 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.
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What HN said
What people liked
Convenient and unobtrusive profile popover
From 2 comments
This isn't life-changing, but very convenient and unobtrusive in a good way. Well done, vlad! :)
scrrr on HNnice extension - the ban function is cool (now I can ban all that parse spam). Popover function is great. There is one popover chrome addon called ezlinkpreview that I use which…
baseh on HN
Domain ban feature is useful
From 2 comments
This is pretty cool extension. I can finally block forbes.com :) Though unfortunately it's not working for me on Lubuntu 11.10, Chromium. ("Lu15.0.874.106 (Developer Build 107270…
someperson on HNnice extension - the ban function is cool (now I can ban all that parse spam). Popover function is great. There is one popover chrome addon called ezlinkpreview that I use which…
baseh on HN
Objections
Extension options would not save on some Chromium builds
From 2 comments
This is pretty cool extension. I can finally block forbes.com :) Though unfortunately it's not working for me on Lubuntu 11.10, Chromium. ("Lu15.0.874.106 (Developer Build 107270…
someperson on HNYep, using http://news.ycombinator.com I can't seem to save any changes from the extension options (all unchecked. Checking then saving just unticks everything). I'll test on…
someperson on HN
Profile popover only opens on username click and intercepts middle-click
From 1 comment
Same here, I'm running 20.0.1132 on Win7. (I also have Adblock, Ghostery, and FB Disconnect installed, in case those are somehow creating some interference.) Edit: Nevermind.…
MichaelGG on HN
Promo video music felt like a dramatic mime film
From 1 comment
Cool chrome extension, dude! You might want to reconsider the music on your "save time on hacker news" video. It feels... like a sad foreign film about a mime. It's entirely…
grantjgordon on HN
Requests
Firefox support
From 2 comments
Are you planning to add support for Firefox?
luastoned on HNCan it be modified for Firefox too?
altrego99 on HN
Show karma in the popup
From 2 comments
Very nice! I'd prefer to see the user's karma on the little popup though, rather than beside the link I clicked.
rcfox on HNSame here. Please show karma in the popup. Left lower corner (orange bar of the popup where you have submissions and comments) seems perfect for this. Edit: Only now I see that…
gala8y on HN
Hide or mark articles already read
From 2 comments
A feature that I've wanted would be to add a link to hide articles you choose to ignore. That way when you come back to the site a the second, third, forth, Nth time of the day,…
mrinterweb on HNDoes it support a view where you only see new posts since the last visit? Or alternatively sort by the most recent posts? This is something that bothers me. Say, there is an…
FrojoS on HN
Highlight domains instead of only banning them
From 1 comment
This is pretty cool extension. I can finally block forbes.com :) Though unfortunately it's not working for me on Lubuntu 11.10, Chromium. ("Lu15.0.874.106 (Developer Build 107270…
someperson on HN
Link to the actual HN user profile
From 2 comments
Suggestion: you should let me go to the actual HN user page.
chrischen on HNI'd like to have the instant profile but also have the ability to go to the user's hn profile.
chrischen on HN
Questions
Why was YouTube fullscreen turned off
From 1 comment
Why did you turn off the Youtube full screen option??
tferris on HN
Why an extension rather than a Greasemonkey userscript
From 1 comment
Why an extension and not a greasemonkey userscript?
gioele on HN
Alternatives named
Hacker News Filter by fractastical
From 1 comment
I built something like this: https://github.com/fractastical/Hacker-News-Filter Filters by domain, keyword, and karma points. On the friends branch you can also create your…
Jd on HN
Hashtagify mark-all-read approach
From 1 comment
You could find this useful: http://blog.hashtagify.me/2012/05/27/save-time-on-hacker-neww-mark-all-read/
danmaz74 on HN
ezlinkpreview Chrome addon
From 1 comment
nice extension - the ban function is cool (now I can ban all that parse spam). Popover function is great. There is one popover chrome addon called ezlinkpreview that I use which…
baseh on HN