HNhance
Adds extra functions to Hacker News
What is HNhance?
HNhance is a collection of assorted small enhancements for Hacker News. It offers features such as dimming visited comment links, showing parent hover links, and displaying user info on hover. Users can also choose from various themes to customize their browsing experience.
Stats
By:
mappux
Creation date:
2015-10-10
Risk impact:
Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Low risk likelihood
Manifest version:
2
Permissions:
Size:
90.81K
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Summary
HNHance is a collection of assorted small enhancements for Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com). All features and themes can be configured and disabled by a non-intrusive settings menu. Some modifications were written by myself, some were tweaked, and some were blatantly sourced from appropriately licensed places throughout the internet.
Features (1.4)
- Dim visited comment links
- Show parent hover links
- Show related 4chan /g/ links
- Show submissions link
- Confirm downvotes
- Allow collapsing threads
- Display user info on hover
- Highlight comments from submitter
- "HN-Segoe" theme
- "Modern" theme
- "GeorgifyMod" theme
Safety
Risk impact
HNhance is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
HNhance has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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