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

Latest Version

Version
1.4.11
Update
October 4, 2022
Size
834KiB
Developer
Category
Users
1,000+
Rating
4.72727 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (United States)
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Permissions
*://news.ycombinator.com/*
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HN Special - An addition to Hacker News Extension

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
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "HN Special - An addition to Hacker News", "description": "This extension refreshes the visual style of Hacker News and adds a few features, like infinite scrolling. Everything is toggleable.", "version": "1.4.11", "homepage_url": "http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/hn-special/", "permissions": ["*://news.ycombinator.com/*"], "optional_permissions": ["history"], "applications": { "gecko": { "id": "[email protected]", "strict_min_version": "57.0" } }, "background": { "scripts": ["lib/extras/background.js"] }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["*://news.ycombinator.com/*"], "js": ["lib/tools/hide_flash.js"], "run_at": "document_start" }, { "matches": ["*://news.ycombinator.com/*"], "js": [ "lib/tools/utility.js", "lib/settings.js", "lib/modules/visual_theme.js", "lib/modules/dark_theme.js", "lib/modules/high_contrast.js", "lib/modules/gray_visited_links.js", "lib/modules/open_links_in_new_tabs.js", "lib/modules/highlight_links_when_returning.js", "lib/modules/infinite_scrolling.js", "lib/modules/accurate_domain_names.js", "lib/modules/mark_as_read.js", "lib/modules/sticky_header.js", "lib/modules/user_tooltips.js", "lib/modules/hide_downvote.js" ], "css": ["lib/extras/hn_theme_base.css"], "run_at": "document_start" } ], "web_accessible_resources": [ "lib/defaults.json", "lib/extras/permissions.html", "lib/extras/permissions.js", "lib/extras/hn_theme_base.css", "lib/extras/hn_theme_light.css", "lib/extras/hn_theme_light_contrast.css", "lib/extras/hn_theme_dark.css", "resources/gear.svg", "resources/arrow-up-white.svg", "resources/arrow-down-white.svg", "resources/arrow-up-black.svg", "resources/arrow-down-black.svg", "resources/logo.svg" ], "icons": { "16": "promo/icons/icon16.png", "32": "promo/icons/icon32.png", "48": "promo/icons/icon48.png", "64": "promo/icons/icon64.png", "128": "promo/icons/icon128.png" }}
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User reviews

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Ozkan Altuner (ID: 000000a94f3cb67f) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 05/29/2021 The reason I use MS Edge to read Hacker News. Wunderbar!

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Dakota Benjamin (ID: 000000e29f81f170) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 07/09/2019 Hands down the best visual upgrade you can make to HN. It even has a dark theme!

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Jeff Kahuthu (ID: 0000004697abe255) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 07/31/2017 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.

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Conan Alvin (ID: 000000f0eff3889f) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 07/28/2017 infinite scrolling doesnt work for me. solve.

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Srinivas K (ID: 0000001eb02feff1) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 07/08/2017 The HN extension for chrome