Hacker Comments

A browser hack for hackers.

What is Hacker Comments?

Hacker Comments is a Chrome extension by Ovidiu Cherecheș. This extension has 29 weekly active users, a poor user rating of 1.00, and was removed from Chrome Web Store a year ago. The latest version, 1.0.5, was updated 11 years ago.

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-02-10

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By: Ovidiu Cherecheș

Users: 29

Rating: 1.00 (1)

Version: 1.0.5 (Last updated: 2012-08-21)

Creation date: 2012-08-21

Manifest version: 2

Size: 53.31K

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood

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Summary

A browser hack to improve navigation for Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com) users.

It maps SHIFT+BACKSPACE for opening the comments page from any web page that was open (thus redirected) from the Hacker News listing page.

SHIFT+BACKSPACE can also be used to go back to the listing page from any HN comments page.

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Risk impact

Hacker Comments requires some risky permissions and may not be safe to use. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

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Risk likelihood

Hacker Comments may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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