HN Special - An addition to Hacker News

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Live on Store

Description from extension meta

This extension refreshes the visual style of Hacker News and adds a few features, like infinite scrolling. Everything is toggleable.

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Description from store

HN Special adds a completely new visual style to Hacker News and a few new features, such as:
- Infinite scrolling
- Open links in new tabs
- More accurate domain names
- Comment folding
- Mark as read
- Sticky header

Even more features are going to come in the future!

You can choose which features you want to enable right from the settings menu. If you want, you can also disable the visual style and keep the rest of the features enabled.

This extension is completely open source. If you wish to add a new feature or make some changes, feel free to contribute to it on GitHub! https://github.com/gabrielecirulli/hn-special

Latest reviews

Ozkan Altuner 2021-05-29: The reason I use MS Edge to read Hacker News. Wunderbar!
Ozkan Altuner 2021-05-29: The reason I use MS Edge to read Hacker News. Wunderbar!
Dakota Benjamin 2019-07-09: Hands down the best visual upgrade you can make to HN. It even has a dark theme!
Dakota Benjamin 2019-07-09: Hands down the best visual upgrade you can make to HN. It even has a dark theme!
Jeff Kahuthu 2017-07-31: Really liked it, second time that I'm using it (after a previous un-install). Biggest problem (for me, at least) is the submit to HN page...there is very little space to work with when editing the title of the submission...in that respect, HN Special is far inferior to the Post to HN bookmarklet. If you ever do manage to push an update (no pressure Dan), do let me know (with a reply/etc). Otherwise, functional extension.
Jeff Kahuthu 2017-07-31: Really liked it, second time that I'm using it (after a previous un-install). Biggest problem (for me, at least) is the submit to HN page...there is very little space to work with when editing the title of the submission...in that respect, HN Special is far inferior to the Post to HN bookmarklet. If you ever do manage to push an update (no pressure Dan), do let me know (with a reply/etc). Otherwise, functional extension.
Conan Alvin 2017-07-28: infinite scrolling doesnt work for me. solve.
Conan Alvin 2017-07-28: infinite scrolling doesnt work for me. solve.
Srinivas K 2017-07-08: The HN extension for chrome
Srinivas K 2017-07-08: The HN extension for chrome
Nick Renieris 2016-10-22: Thanks so much for the Dark theme!
Nick Renieris 2016-10-22: Thanks so much for the Dark theme!
Dan M 2016-10-13: Looks great - much better than HN enhancement suite for sure - but the upvote/downvote arrows in the comments page are not lined up correctly.
Dan M 2016-10-13: Looks great - much better than HN enhancement suite for sure - but the upvote/downvote arrows in the comments page are not lined up correctly.
Daniel Yim 2016-08-14: Excellent extension for improving the HN UI. Switching over from HN Enhancement Suite was refreshing, and it's good to know that this extension is open source.
Daniel Yim 2016-08-14: Excellent extension for improving the HN UI. Switching over from HN Enhancement Suite was refreshing, and it's good to know that this extension is open source.
Anoop Kulkarni 2015-10-29: Excellent plugin. Can we also have an option to change the font/background color. The orange is jarring especially early in the morning.
Anoop Kulkarni 2015-10-29: Excellent plugin. Can we also have an option to change the font/background color. The orange is jarring especially early in the morning.
Mike Battaglia 2015-07-03: I compared a few of the HN extensions (including HN Enhancement Suite) and this one was the best, hands down. Give it two seconds and you'll obviously see what I mean. Really amazing. I barely ever give reviews, but I did it this time.
Mike Battaglia 2015-07-03: I compared a few of the HN extensions (including HN Enhancement Suite) and this one was the best, hands down. Give it two seconds and you'll obviously see what I mean. Really amazing. I barely ever give reviews, but I did it this time.
Andrew Spangler 2015-04-28: As others have said, huge improvement. RES for HN.
Andrew Spangler 2015-04-28: As others have said, huge improvement. RES for HN.
Ben Bristow 2014-11-01: Makes HN look nice and work nicer. If I could sum it up it's RES for HN with a gorgeous Userstyle on-top.
Ben Bristow 2014-11-01: Makes HN look nice and work nicer. If I could sum it up it's RES for HN with a gorgeous Userstyle on-top.
AdmxTube 2014-09-09: Make it easier to use. UX+
AdmxTube 2014-09-09: Make it easier to use. UX+
Ganesh Khade 2014-08-08: It's awesome!
Ganesh Khade 2014-08-08: It's awesome!
Madhu Sudhan 2014-05-04: wow
Madhu Sudhan 2014-05-04: wow
Jonathan Stahlhacke 2014-03-24: Makes HN look niiiiice
Jonathan Stahlhacke 2014-03-24: Makes HN look niiiiice
Karan Dodia 2014-03-20: Thank god. Simple, clean, and /useful/. =]
Karan Dodia 2014-03-20: Thank god. Simple, clean, and /useful/. =]
Anonymous 2014-03-11: Stunningly beautiful!
Anonymous 2014-03-11: Stunningly beautiful!
Randall Degges 2014-01-22: I rarely leave Chrome extension reviews, but I felt it was necessary for this case. This is without a doubt the best HackerNews Chrome extension out there. It fixes all the annoying visual things I hate about the site, and makes it a truly enjoyable experience. Really love this software: if you give it a try, you won't be disappointed!
Randall Degges 2014-01-22: I rarely leave Chrome extension reviews, but I felt it was necessary for this case. This is without a doubt the best HackerNews Chrome extension out there. It fixes all the annoying visual things I hate about the site, and makes it a truly enjoyable experience. Really love this software: if you give it a try, you won't be disappointed!
Malachi 2014-01-20: Thanks for fixing the problems with the latest Chrome. Totally the best Hacker News theme out there!
Malachi 2014-01-20: Thanks for fixing the problems with the latest Chrome. Totally the best Hacker News theme out there!
Ray Zhou 2013-12-25: Hands down the best Hacker News visual theme that I've ever used. The customizability and clean interface really take it over the top.
Ray Zhou 2013-12-25: Hands down the best Hacker News visual theme that I've ever used. The customizability and clean interface really take it over the top.
Joe Robison 2013-07-23: This is visually beautiful, I guess if Hacker News won't upgrade their hard to read site, the hackers themselves will (maybe that was Y Combinator's idea all along?)
Joe Robison 2013-07-23: This is visually beautiful, I guess if Hacker News won't upgrade their hard to read site, the hackers themselves will (maybe that was Y Combinator's idea all along?)

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