Georgify

Alternate CSS for Hacker News with a focus on typography and readability.

What is Georgify?

"Georgify" is a Chrome extension specifically designed to improve the readability of Hacker News. It does so by introducing an alternate CSS that utilizes the Georgia font and delicately applied typographic techniques to enhance legibility, presenting an optimized reading experience for users. It securely works over Https, and it's also compatible with secure Hacker News connections. The visually appealing layout significantly reduces whitespace, while also realigning comment points and source aligned to the left.

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Extension stats

By: Tuhin Kumar

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Users: 714 ▲ 24

Rating: 4.35 (74)

Version: 1.2.1 (Last updated: 2013-10-20)

Creation date: 2013-10-20

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Size: 14.32K

Ranking

# 33772 ▲ 431

Other rankings

#4729 in Accessibility ▼ 3 #162 in hacker keyword 21 ▼ 1

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Extension summary

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Alternate CSS for Hacker News with a focus on typography and readability. Uses Georgia as the font and some typographic sugar to improve legibility.

Update _v1.2.1: Works over Https and secure connection for Hacker News. Updated for Manifest v2 which makes it searchable in chrome store.

Update _v1.2: Works over Https and secure connection for Hacker News

Update _v1: Less whitespace, Comment points and Source flushed to left

Feedback: @tuhin on Twitter

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