Hacker News discussion

Displays an icon linking to comments on Hacker News for the current page.
What is Hacker News discussion?
Hacker News discussion is a Chrome extension that displays an icon linking to comments on Hacker News for the current page. It offers keyboard shortcuts to easily open comments in a new or current tab. The extension does not collect any data and does not have permission to access data on websites you visit.

Extension stats

Users: 104 ▼ -4
Rating: 5.00 (7)
Version: 1.9 (Last updated: 2015-09-20)
Creation date: 2015-09-19
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • https://hn.algolia.com/*
Size: 8.96K

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Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

The icon is displayed only for pages that have been discussed on Hacker News.

Keyboard shortcuts:

Ctrl+Y: open comments in a new tab Alt+Y: open comments in the current tab

The extension does not collect any data. Note however that the URLs of pages you visit will be sent over https to HNSearch (https://hn.algolia.com) which is hosted by a YC company Algolia.

The extension does not have permission to access data on websites you visit.

User reviews

It would be great if the toolbar icon would have a badge with a number of comments in example, like this reddit one does: http://bit.ly/2YvaH0T
by Tadas Milkintas, 2019-03-27

Great tool thank you! Please could you add the option of open the discussion in a new tab?
by Rubén Gómez, 2016-05-26

Very unfortunately has stopped work – any chance of an update?
by Morgan Sutherland, 2016-05-18
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Extension safety

Risk impact

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

Risk likelihood

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

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