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SHOW HN2015

193points
34comments
#92of 2,565 in 2015
Top 4%of 2015 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

12 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 22 comments about the project. Thread score +0.30.

Idea: 7 for, 3 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful plugin for reading HN in Vim

    From 3 comments
    • Great and very useful plugin. Good job!
      alexbardas on HN
    • It will be very useful at work for reading HN and pretending I am working :)
      ponytech on HN
    • Pretty awesome! My default browser is Chrome and I have Vimium installed - and its a really good to be able to press 'O' on a HN link and continue on Chrome with the same…
      sagarjauhari on HN
  • Fun and cool to see

    From 3 comments

Objections

  • Commenting is not supported; would reduce productivity

    From 2 comments
    • This is gonna so reduce my productivity dude.
      yzh on HN
    • I didn't play with the HN API but I wonder if it's possible to post comments using the API. I haven't seen any program support user comments, it would be neat to be able to post…
      atmosx on HN
  • Prefers reading HN in a browser

    From 1 comment

Requests

  • Add comment posting support

    From 3 comments
    • I didn't play with the HN API but I wonder if it's possible to post comments using the API. I haven't seen any program support user comments, it would be neat to be able to post…
      atmosx on HN
    • Super cool stuff! I also agree with few others here. Adding comments support would be so awesome.
      ecthiender on HN
    • The author of the plugin mentions in this thread above, it has to be done via sending POST requests directly to the HN endpoints, and also mentions if this gains enough demand,…
      ecthiender on HN
  • Headline navigation and open-link-in-browser mappings

    From 2 comments
    • Pretty awesome! My default browser is Chrome and I have Vimium installed - and its a really good to be able to press 'O' on a HN link and continue on Chrome with the same…
      sagarjauhari on HN
    • I've wanted something similar to that headline navigation in a browser for a long time. Often times when reading blog-style webpages I want to scroll down to the next story…
      swimfar on HN
  • Port to Sublime Text

    From 1 comment
    • Does anyone think it would be complicated to port it to Sublime Text? I'd like to, but I'm learning to program.
      guillaume8375 on HN

Questions

  • Can HN comments be posted via the API?

    From 2 comments
    • I didn't play with the HN API but I wonder if it's possible to post comments using the API. I haven't seen any program support user comments, it would be neat to be able to post…
      atmosx on HN
    • Is that possible via HN API? or it has to do HTTP requests in CLI?
      avinassh on HN
  • What vim theme and config is used?

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • HNES Chrome extension

    From 1 comment
    • I implemented ajax comment posting for the HNES Chrome Extension, which is open source. It's a dirty hack but it works. Check out the source: https://github.com/etcet/hnes
      habosa on HN
  • sx.el for Emacs

    From 1 comment
    • Meanwhile, in emacs land, https://github.com/vermiculus/sx.el
      agumonkey on HN

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