HN Special
Productivity
browser extension
SHOW HN2013
87points
71comments
#275of 1,739 in 2013
Top 16%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
13 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 13 mixed, 10 critical, out of 45 comments about the project. Thread score +0.10.
Design: 7 for, 9 againstIdea: 3 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, crisp design and infinite scrolling
From 3 comments
I really love the infinite scrolling. I think there should be a bit more contrast. It is hard to read the light colored orange on white. Also the visited (light light orange) is…
aeon10 on HNFantastic! I've only one suggestion. I'm using a Macbook Pro (Retina), and the up-arrow icons are extremely blurry. Other than that, everything looks amazing. :)
heydonovan on HNIt looks so crisp and nice, but the upvote arrows are soooooo bad. If you could replace those it would be amazing.
xauronx on HN
Better than the original Hacker News
From 3 comments
Thank God for the new interface. Despite the bright orange, I will never go back to original Hacker News. Please implement it for HN India too :)
arpit105 on HNJust installed it and think it's superb. I hope HN takes some influence from your extension.
andrewb on HNI really like it. To be honest, I prefer it more than Georgify [1]. [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/georgify/ofjfdfaleomlfanfehgblppafkijjhmi?hl=en The only problem…
daGrevis on HN
Objections
Orange links and text are faded and hard to read
From 5 comments
I've just installed it and I'm liking it. The links are a bit hard to read on the home-page (they are a bit faded) but otherwise it looks good. Thanks!
orf on HNI agree. The faded orange needs to be a few % less gray/white.
beaker52 on HNI like the overall design but the links are too light orange which make it hard to read. Design's number one goal is to 'get out the way of the user'. Change the link color to…
kyle_martin1 on HNAm I the only one that can't read the visited links without some serious eye strain?
Jeremy1026 on HNI really love the infinite scrolling. I think there should be a bit more contrast. It is hard to read the light colored orange on white. Also the visited (light light orange) is…
aeon10 on HN
Thin fonts are hard to read
From 2 comments
It's nice, but thin fonts are very hard to read (screenshot: http://uk.omg.li/QPvZ)
omgmog on HNYes, but a font-weight of 100 is never a good or useful thing, it's terribly unreadable
omgmog on HN
Upvote arrow icons look blurry or bad
From 2 comments
Fantastic! I've only one suggestion. I'm using a Macbook Pro (Retina), and the up-arrow icons are extremely blurry. Other than that, everything looks amazing. :)
heydonovan on HNIt looks so crisp and nice, but the upvote arrows are soooooo bad. If you could replace those it would be amazing.
xauronx on HN
Requests
Add a low contrast or dark theme
From 3 comments
Good job on the extension. I did have a couple of suggestions: 1. Have an alternate "dark" theme version for those of us who like dark backgrounds as opposed to bright…
Duelist on HNOh yeah, I see. I think I'm going to try and implement a low contrast theme, with grey links and easier to read text. Thanks for the link, I'll have a look at it!
terabytest on HNI was thinking about maybe adding a "Low contrast" option to the menu or something like that, which enables a version of the theme with easier to read colors. What do you mean…
terabytest on HN
Support Firefox
From 2 comments
Please,please,please implement the Firefox version..
mrleinad on HNGreat work, though it's a shame it's a browser extension. You can't use it on Firefox or mobile. There's a site, tomodo.com, that allows you to modify webpages much like a…
MichaelAza on HN
Collapsible comments
From 2 comments
Collapsible comments are my top priority for a hacker news extension. It looks really neat though.
qwertzlcoatl on HNVery cool! I just forked it, thinking of implementing collapsible comments.
mindrag on HN
Questions
Is the color too light?
From 1 comment
Is the color too light?
terabytest on HN
Alternatives named
Stylebot and Stylish custom styles
From 2 comments
Nice, but I find it a bit too hard to read. On my Stylebot style, I reduced the orange to just a highlight colour. I find it pretty pleasurable to use. Feel free to take anything…
jwarren on HNHere's a dark theme I created in Stylish. Code: http://pastebin.com/BhZTuwJV Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/cnrYGdR.png
Rulin on HN
Georgify
From 1 comment
I really like it. To be honest, I prefer it more than Georgify [1]. [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/georgify/ofjfdfaleomlfanfehgblppafkijjhmi?hl=en The only problem…
daGrevis on HN
hckrnews.com
From 1 comment
I always use http://hckrnews.com/ and not the normal frontpage. Many small gems without many upvotes get lost on news.ycombinator.com.
fotcorn on HN
tomodo HN mod
From 2 comments
Great work, though it's a shame it's a browser extension. You can't use it on Firefox or mobile. There's a site, tomodo.com, that allows you to modify webpages much like a…
MichaelAza on HNLooks like there is a Hacker News mod already. http://hnews.tomodo.me
hadem on HN