Hacker News Shortcut

Browse Hacker News with your keyboard!

Hacker News Shortcut - Browse HN with your keyboard!

Hacker News Shortcut is a Chrome extension that powers full keyboard navigation of Hacker News. It allows users to browse stories, vote on them, and view comments using just their keyboard. Install the extension and enjoy a faster browsing experience on Hacker News.

Extension stats

By: https://xinglab.com

Users: 18

Rating: 5.00

Version: 1.7 (Last updated: 2014-09-14)

Creation date: 2014-09-14

Permissions:

https://news.ycombinator.com/
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Size: 56.21K

URLs: Website

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 110,948 ▼ 4,032

Other rankings

#33042 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 776 #103 in instruction keyword 5 ▼ 1 #139 in hacker keyword 11 ▲ 3 #144 in arrow keyword 5 ▼ 9

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

It's a really neat way to navigate around the site, liking it already!

by

Meng Lin, 2014-07-04

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Hacker News Shortcut requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Hacker News Shortcut. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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