hckr news

Add functionality to news.ycombinator.com and hckrnews.com

What is hckr news?

'hckr news' is a Google Chrome extension designed to improve your user experience on news.ycombinator.com and hckrnews.com. It introduces several functionalities, including the ability to highlight new comments, distinct identification of new comments on hckrnews.com, and collapsible threads following Alexander Kirk's model. This extension aims to streamline your interaction with these platforms by offering a more intuitive interface.

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Extension stats

By: https://hckrnews.com

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Users: 935 ▼ -1

Rating: 4.59 (17)

Version: 2.0 (Last updated: 2020-01-07)

Creation date: 2020-01-07

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Size: 53.40K

URLs: Website

Ranking

# 32187 ▼ 151

Other rankings

#1048 in News & Weather ▼ 2 #208 in news keyword 14 ▲ 24

Other platforms

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Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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The browser extension adds a few features to both Hacker News and hckr news:

Highlight New Comments
Identify New Comments on hckrnews.com
Alexander Kirk's collapsible threads

User reviews

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Pros

Great extension overall
Works well on Windows
New comment highlighting is useful

Cons

Highlighting new comments sometimes breaks
Does not work on Linux for some users
Issues with duplicate fold buttons

Most mentioned

Highlighting new comments
Fold buttons issue
Functionality varies between OS

Recent reviews

Highlighting new comments doesn't work anymore.. when it worked it was a great extension!

Nick H., 2021-11-07

The new comment highlighting functionality recently broke (within the past day or so). EDIT 2016-07-13: The new comment highlighting works again. However, now there are two fold buttons due to the recent addition of a fold button to the default Hacker News site.