Hacker News Highlighter
A subtle indicator of popular posts on Hacker News
What is Hacker News Highlighter?
Hacker News Highlighter is a Chrome extension that adds a small indicator to show the popularity of posts on Hacker News. Stay updated with the popular posts in a subtle way.
Stats
Rating:
3.67
(3)
Creation date:
2013-03-19
Risk impact:
Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Low risk likelihood
Manifest version:
2
Size:
51.23K
Stats date:
Chrome-Stats Rank
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65761
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Summary
This extension adds a small indicator of a post's popularity on Hacker News.
Updates:
- Fix broken selection
- Even leaner build
- Loads as soon as DOM is ready.
User reviews
Use it daily, a great way to quickly view the best posts on HackerNews at any given time
Safety
Risk impact
Hacker News Highlighter is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Hacker News Highlighter has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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