HackerNew

The best Hacker News extension, making HN quicker and more useful since 2012.

Total ratings

4.31 (Rating count: 51)

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Pros
  • Good improvement to the Hacker News site.
  • Awesome interface, very minimalistic and clean.
  • HackerNews is much better with this extension.
  • Great functionality overall.
Cons
  • Commenting is currently broken.
  • Footer with search is hard to access.
  • Hides the search box.
  • Infinite scrolling issues.
  • Some features (like pop-up karma boxes) are annoying.
Most mentioned
  • Banner blocking the 'More' button.
  • Issues with commenting.
  • Problems with infinite scrolling.
  • Hiding the search box.
  • User interface concerns.
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Date Author Rating Lang Comment
2022-02-07
Francis So
This is a good improvement to the Hacker News site. My only bug I've notice is when HackerNews has the "Applications are open for YC Summer 2022", the banner at the bottom blocks off the "More" button and it prevents users from going to the following page.
2022-02-07
Francis So
en This is a good improvement to the Hacker News site. My only bug I've notice is when HackerNews has the "Applications are open for YC Summer 2022", the banner at the bottom blocks off the "More" button and it prevents users from going to the following page.
2017-02-17
Peter Conerly
Commenting with this extension is currently broken-- I had to disable it for now. It'd be great to get a fix!
2017-02-17
Peter Conerly
en Commenting with this extension is currently broken-- I had to disable it for now. It'd be great to get a fix!
2016-12-13
Alexei Zakharov
It hides the search box.
2016-09-06
Alexei Zakharov
en It hides the search box.
2016-08-25
James Bergman
HackerNews is much better with this extension. Thanks for recently adding support for HN's native thread collapsing.
2016-08-25
James Bergman
en HackerNews is much better with this extension. Thanks for recently adding support for HN's native thread collapsing.
2016-07-19
Kevan Benson
With the recent Hacker News changes that allow collapsing threads (and remembering collapsed threads through reloads for a period) I decided to try Hacker News without this extension again for a while. I just decided that's not going to work for me. After a few years of use, I really like the look and feel of this extension, and the popup info, and I can't go without them any more. My only complaints are: * Sometimes getting the footer with search to pop up is problematic, even when I'm hovering the cursor at the bottom. A more definitive way to raise that footer would be welcome. * Since HN has its own thread collapse now, it makes sense to remove the version here so it's not confusing.
2016-07-19
Kevan Benson
en With the recent Hacker News changes that allow collapsing threads (and remembering collapsed threads through reloads for a period) I decided to try Hacker News without this extension again for a while. I just decided that's not going to work for me. After a few years of use, I really like the look and feel of this extension, and the popup info, and I can't go without them any more. My only complaints are: * Sometimes getting the footer with search to pop up is problematic, even when I'm hovering the cursor at the bottom. A more definitive way to raise that footer would be welcome. * Since HN has its own thread collapse now, it makes sense to remove the version here so it's not confusing.
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