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

Latest Version

Version
1.3.2
Update
April 20, 2021
Size
209KiB
Developer
Category
Users
1,000+
Rating
4.31373 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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HackerNew Extension

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
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "HackerNew", "version": "1.3.2", "description": "The best Hacker News extension, making HN quicker and more useful since 2012.", "background": { "page": "background.html" }, "icons": { "48": "images/icon-48.png", "128": "images/icon-128.png" }, "manifest_version": 2, "web_accessible_resources": [ "images/karma.png", "images/follow.png", "images/unfollow.png", "images/loading.gif", "images/loading-light.gif", "images/icons.png", "images/icon.png", "images/arrow-up.png", "images/arrow-down.png" ], "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [ "http://news.ycombinator.com/*", "http://news.ycombinator.org/*", "http://hackerne.ws/*", "https://news.ycombinator.com/*" ], "css": [ "forms.css", "hn.css" ], "js": [ "js/libs/jquery-1.7.1.min.js", "js/libs/jquery.hoverIntent.js", "js/libs/jquery.autogrow.js", "js/libs/twitter.text.js", "js/hn.js" ] } ]}
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