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31points
22comments
#1,131of 2,533 in 2021
Top 45%of 2021 by points

How HN took it

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1 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.08.

Idea: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Commenters find the idea useful and cool

    From 2 comments
    • for what it's worth i think it's pretty cool. if i understand right i can use it for example to change all links from dead site to archive.org, or from youtube.com to my favorite…
      southerntofu on HN
    • I adore your name. In case you've not seen it, I think you might enjoy trying out this RSS tool: https://fraidyc.at
      h0p3 on HN

Objections

  • Extension did not work for a commenter in Brave

    From 2 comments
    • Does this work in Brave?
      ricc on HN
    • Yeah, that's what I also thought but I can't seem to get it working, but maybe I'm just using it wrong. Would it be possible for you to record a quick visual demo, i.e. video, of…
      ricc on HN
  • Can already be done with bookmarklets or URLs

    From 3 comments
    • You can do this with URLs. For instance, I have just the feeds page of my RSS reader bookmarked.
      hopesthoughts on HN
    • You can use a bookmarklet like this: ``` javascript:location.href='/about' ``` An easy way to create a bookmarklet from scratch is to create a bookmark from some other page and…
      akirk on HN
    • So that's what I do I created a bookmark from the main page of my Miniflux instance, and then put /feeds on the end. I also have one for the new subscriptions page. Since it's a…
      hopesthoughts on HN

Requests

  • Video demo of how to use the extension

    From 1 comment
    • Yeah, that's what I also thought but I can't seem to get it working, but maybe I'm just using it wrong. Would it be possible for you to record a quick visual demo, i.e. video, of…
      ricc on HN
  • Correct the description to say Chrome rather than browser

    From 1 comment

Questions

  • Does it work in Brave?

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • Bookmarklets using javascript location changes

    From 2 comments
    • You can use a bookmarklet like this: ``` javascript:location.href='/about' ``` An easy way to create a bookmarklet from scratch is to create a bookmark from some other page and…
      akirk on HN
    • You can probably do that with some "javascript:" URLfoo
      southerntofu on HN
  • Bookmark Controller add-on by the commenter

    From 1 comment
    • A while ago I made a bookmark add-on which could be used to do something similar. But it sunk without a trace on HN. Posting it here as readers probably already interested in…
      defaultchar on HN

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