Hacker News Tweak

Hacker News Tweak is a chrome extension to make HN more user friendly. The extension will activate when you're on hacker news once…
What is Hacker News Tweak?
Hacker News Tweak is a Chrome extension that enhances the user experience on Hacker News. It includes features like recovering the 'best' link, making news titles more prominent, adding social sharing options, and enabling sorting by heat for finding the hottest news easily.

Extension stats

By: lishi1608
Users: 23 ▲ 5
Rating: 4.75 (4)
Version: 1.1 (Last updated: 2013-06-19)
Creation date: 2013-06-19
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • tabs
Size: 61.16K

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Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Hacker News Tweak is a chrome extension to make HN more user friendly. The extension will activate when you're on hacker news once installed. Unlike some other apps, you don't need to goto any page, so your bookmark won't increase.

Features:

-recover the 'best' link -Make news title bigger. Highlight points count and comments count if very many. -Add share function by AddThis. This will simplify sharing Hacker News to Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, weibo etc. Now be a social hacker. -Add sort by heat function. This will make you quickly find the hottest(max pointed/commented) news in a single Hacker News page by one click.

Enjoy!

User reviews

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Hacker News Tweak requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Hacker News Tweak has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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