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HackerNew

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

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HackerNew
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Once you install this extension you'll never be able to go back to regular Hacker News, featuring:

- Improved readability design
- Retina screen support
- User following
- Super fast inline replies
- Quick profiles with social network info when hovering over usernames
- Filtering of stories based on terms and phrases / domain or user
- Endless scrolling
- Collapsible comment threads
- Direct link to Google Cache version
- Social sharing for Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Buffer

HackerNew is open source - forks and improvements are welcome:
https://github.com/tommoor/HackerNew

Latest reviews

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.
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.
Peter Conerly
Commenting with this extension is currently broken-- I had to disable it for now. It'd be great to get a fix!
Peter Conerly
Commenting with this extension is currently broken-- I had to disable it for now. It'd be great to get a fix!
Alexei Zakharov
It hides the search box.
Alexei Zakharov
It hides the search box.
Jim Bergman
HackerNews is much better with this extension. Thanks for recently adding support for HN's native thread collapsing.
Jim Bergman
HackerNews is much better with this extension. Thanks for recently adding support for HN's native thread collapsing.
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.
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.
Matt Brennan
Since recent updates, hovering over a username crashes the browser every single time.
Matt Brennan
Since recent updates, hovering over a username crashes the browser every single time.
Jason Fruit
Everything is nice, except that with infinite scrolling, it's impossible to scroll to the bottom, where the search box is still presumably waiting. For that reason, I've stopped using it.
Jason Fruit
Everything is nice, except that with infinite scrolling, it's impossible to scroll to the bottom, where the search box is still presumably waiting. For that reason, I've stopped using it.
douglas steinwand
Some features, like pop-up karma boxes and social sharing, are annoying. Otherwise, it's pretty good. Note: Infinite scroll strangely requires being logged into the ycombinator website.
douglas steinwand
Some features, like pop-up karma boxes and social sharing, are annoying. Otherwise, it's pretty good. Note: Infinite scroll strangely requires being logged into the ycombinator website.
Archan Mishra
Awesome interface , very minimalistic and clean. Keep up the good work.
Archan Mishra
Awesome interface , very minimalistic and clean. Keep up the good work.
Ricky Saini
UI is pretty poor, but otherwise it does what it functionally says.
Ricky Saini
UI is pretty poor, but otherwise it does what it functionally says.
Anonymous
Awesome extension. Best part is that no one knows you're reading HN and they won't judge you. It'd be nice if the titles were smaller, I like seeing more than 12 at once
Anonymous
Awesome extension. Best part is that no one knows you're reading HN and they won't judge you. It'd be nice if the titles were smaller, I like seeing more than 12 at once
Peter Hui
Looks good (font size is just right on my 27" monitor), but infinite scroll isn't working. Plus, it would be great to have an option for opening links in new tab.
Peter Hui
Looks good (font size is just right on my 27" monitor), but infinite scroll isn't working. Plus, it would be great to have an option for opening links in new tab.
Patrick Huber
just great!
Patrick Huber
just great!
Casey Banner
Great stuff!
Casey Banner
Great stuff!
Axel Anderson
This is great, but I agree the search form should be moved to the top as it's very difficult to use now.
Axel Anderson
This is great, but I agree the search form should be moved to the top as it's very difficult to use now.
Alex Greene
I think this is great, but something about the regular design is easier to read. I think the titles are too large, which makes skimming over them more of a task. Otherwise, it's awesome.
Alex Greene
I think this is great, but something about the regular design is easier to read. I think the titles are too large, which makes skimming over them more of a task. Otherwise, it's awesome.
Anonymous
is no work. couldn't browse HN till I uninstalled.
Anonymous
is no work. couldn't browse HN till I uninstalled.
Johan Thepumpkin
Neat!!!
Johan Thepumpkin
Neat!!!
Roland Ligtenberg
Nice! Clean.
Roland Ligtenberg
Nice! Clean.
Christopher Truman
Beautiful way to view hacker news! Love the pagination!
Christopher Truman
Beautiful way to view hacker news! Love the pagination!
Jan Ustohal
Nice extension, gives HN a cleaner and fancier look... I would however appreciate moving the search field to the top, since the infinite scrolling makes it difficult to access...
Jan Ustohal
Nice extension, gives HN a cleaner and fancier look... I would however appreciate moving the search field to the top, since the infinite scrolling makes it difficult to access...
Patrick
This is a really lovely app to use. Makes the site a lot more clean and enjoyable to use.
Patrick
This is a really lovely app to use. Makes the site a lot more clean and enjoyable to use.
TheDon V
The features are nice but can you make it look more like the Georgify extension. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ofjfdfaleomlfanfehgblppafkijjhmi I like how the content is centered with Georgify.
TheDon V
The features are nice but can you make it look more like the Georgify extension. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ofjfdfaleomlfanfehgblppafkijjhmi I like how the content is centered with Georgify.
Mo Wildman
Absolutely love this extension, have been using it for a few weeks now and going back to the old Hacker News just doesn't cut it compared to HackerNew
Mo Wildman
Absolutely love this extension, have been using it for a few weeks now and going back to the old Hacker News just doesn't cut it compared to HackerNew