HN Special - An addition to Hacker News

This extension refreshes the visual style of Hacker News and adds a few features, like infinite scrolling. Everything is toggleable.

Total ratings

4.73 (Rating count: 55)

Review summary

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Pros
  • Great visual upgrade to Hacker News.
  • Offers a dark theme.
  • Open source extension.
  • Improves user interface and user experience.
  • Considered better than HN Enhancement Suite.
Cons
  • Limited space for editing titles on the submit to HN page.
  • Infinite scrolling feature not working for some users.
  • Upvote/downvote arrows misalignment on comments page.
  • Color scheme can be jarring for some users.
Most mentioned
  • Dark theme
  • Visual upgrade
  • Comparison with HN Enhancement Suite
  • User interface improvement
  • Issue with submit to HN page
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Date Author Rating Lang Comment
2021-05-29
Ozkan Altuner		 The reason I use MS Edge to read Hacker News. Wunderbar!
2021-05-29
Ozkan Altuner		 en The reason I use MS Edge to read Hacker News. Wunderbar!
2019-07-09
Dakota Benjamin		 Hands down the best visual upgrade you can make to HN. It even has a dark theme!
2019-07-09
Dakota Benjamin		 en Hands down the best visual upgrade you can make to HN. It even has a dark theme!
2017-07-31
Jeff Kahuthu		 Really liked it, second time that I'm using it (after a previous un-install). Biggest problem (for me, at least) is the submit to HN page...there is very little space to work with when editing the title of the submission...in that respect, HN Special is far inferior to the Post to HN bookmarklet. If you ever do manage to push an update (no pressure Dan), do let me know (with a reply/etc). Otherwise, functional extension.
2017-07-31
Jeff Kahuthu		 en Really liked it, second time that I'm using it (after a previous un-install). Biggest problem (for me, at least) is the submit to HN page...there is very little space to work with when editing the title of the submission...in that respect, HN Special is far inferior to the Post to HN bookmarklet. If you ever do manage to push an update (no pressure Dan), do let me know (with a reply/etc). Otherwise, functional extension.
2017-07-28
Conan Alvin		 infinite scrolling doesnt work for me. solve.
2017-07-28
Conan Alvin		 en infinite scrolling doesnt work for me. solve.
2017-07-08
Srinivas K		 The HN extension for chrome
2017-07-08
Srinivas K		 en The HN extension for chrome
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