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Find Reddit or Hacker News discussions on the current page!

Latest Version

Version

2.1.1

Update

April 23, 2023

Size

309KiB

Developer

benwinding.com

Newsit: Hacker News and Reddit Links Extension

This extension checks Reddit or Hacker News, to see if the current page is listed on their site (see video). If there is a post on one of these sites, there will be a button added to the bottom corner of the screen.

==== Changelog ====

## 2.1.0

- Added the \"Use new Reddit links\" option

## 2.1.0

- Updated to the extension manifest version 3
- Reddit results parsing moved to content.js script (can't access DOM in service worker)
- Better rendering of icons (using SVG instead of fonts)

## 2.0.10

- Improve post title that's passed into \"submit link\"

## 2.0.9

- Fix build system to pass firefox's automated build systems

## 2.0.8

- Style fix - Better padding and alignment of buttons

## 2.0.7

- Fix for reddit api with comments over 1,000 (Because there's a comma in the number string)

## 2.0.6

- Fix iframe issue, by using shadow DOM (Closes https://github.com/benwinding/newsit/issues/10)

## 2.0.5

- Fixes \"Hide [+] When No Results\" feature
- Fixes \"SharedArrayBuffer will require cross-origin isolation\" messages in console (https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues/10474)

## 2.0.4

- Added option \"Hide [+] When No Results\"

## 2.0.3

- Added '+' icon to resubmit link, even if results are there

## 2.0.2

- Better search results by ignoring the \"www.\" and \"m.\" in urls

## 2.0.1

- Added the \"Submit link\" button, when no results are found.

## 2.0.0

- Can now view all results found from HN and Reddit
- Major refactor for reliability and maintainability (details here: https://github.com/benwinding/newsit/pull/4)

## 1.2.4

- Fix Reddit Lookup by Using Background Scripts
- Source code here: https://github.com/benwinding/newsit

## 1.2.4

- Submit to Hacker News
- Submit to Reddit

## 1.2.3

- Adds link to Reddit post (if it was posted there)
- Adds link to Hacker News post (if it was posted there)
- Displays number of comments for that discussion on link
- Works asynchronously as the page loads
- Works on SPA's (Single Page Applications)
- Enable globally or on a site by site basis

Hope it's as useful to you as it is to me!

*** UPDATES ***
* Smaller size < 150kb
* Code not bundled, minified or obfuscated

SOURCE CODE:
https://github.com/benwinding/newsit

PRIVACY POLICY:
https://benwinding.com/newsit/privacy_policy.html

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
https://benwinding.com/newsit/terms_and_conditions.html

Source Manifest.json

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