# fixedHackerNews

> Fix Hacker News' block formatting

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/fixedhackernews](https://chrome-stats.com/d/fixedhackernews)

## Overview

- **ID:** `fixedhackernews`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** corollari
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,appearance
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2019-09-17
- **First published:** 2019-09-16
- **Size:** 40 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/fixedhackernews/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/corollari/fixedHackerNews](https://github.com/corollari/fixedHackerNews)

## Description

fixedHackerNews is a Firefox add-on that addresses the block formatting issue on Hacker News. It improves the readability and visual appearance of the website by applying fixes to the formatting errors. The add-on is available under the MIT license and the source code can be found on GitHub.

## Rankings

- #87,979 — Overall
- #157 — bug fixes
- #237 — hacker

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`

### Content script matches

- `news.ycombinator.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/fixedhackernews)