YC Hacker News Comments

Show the number of Hacker News comments for current tab.

What is YC Hacker News Comments?

YC Hacker News Comments is a Chrome extension that shows the number of comments on Hacker News for the page you're viewing. It updates the toolbar button with a badge displaying the comment count. Clicking the button opens the comments in a new tab. If the page hasn't been posted on HN, the button opens the submit page with pre-filled URL/title. Get the source code on GitHub - github.com/ivan7237d/hn-comments

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By: Ivan Novikov

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Users: 4 ▲ 1

Version: 1.4 (Last updated: 2017-01-28)

Creation date: 2017-01-28

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs

Size: 4.17K

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 130352 ▲ 3347

Other rankings

#8234 in Social Networking ▲ 220 #122 in hacker keyword 20 #210 in badge keyword 9 ▲ 2

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Summary

Analyze keywords

When Hacker News links to the page you're viewing, the toolbar button will display a badge with the number of comments. Click the button to open the comments in a new tab. When the page hasn't been posted on HN, the button will open the "submit" page with url/title pre-filled.

One caveat is that the badge isn't updated in real time, only when the URL changes.

If there are multiple linking pages on Hacker News, it will pick up the one with the most comments.

The URL fragment (the part after #) is stripped when looking for the referencing HN page.

Source code: https://github.com/ivan7237d/hn-comments

Safety

Risk impact

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