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Please collapse HN comments

27 points by amiune 10y ago

Can you please add an option to collapse comments. I find comments very interesting and there are so many responses to each comment that it's difficult to find the second most voted comment

reverend 10y ago
Until they implement it, there's some Chrome addons that'll do what you want. If you have GreaseMonkey you there's a userscript that also works the same way; http://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/review/288192 http://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/review/288192
z1mm32m4n 10y ago
I use this extension; works well enough. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collapse/pdlifinplmfmoeppfooipommbdljhdmp https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collap... One thing is that it obviously don't help on mobile.
c17r 10y ago
Hackernews Enhancement Suite https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhancement-s/bappiabcodbpphnojdiaddhnilfnjmpm?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhanc... Does collapse comments as well as other nifty features.
- kdamken 10y ago
  This doesn't help on mobile, unfortunately, which is the time when I find myself most wanting the feature : (
dang 10y ago
It's coming.
- Kinnard 10y ago
  Please release the arc code. There are people who care about arc out there . . .
  - chatmasta 10y ago
    Have you seen this? https://github.com/wting/hackernews https://github.com/wting/hackernews
dsaw 10y ago
In case you use firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/hn-utility-suite/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/hn-utility-su...
_lce0 10y ago
On one hand, yes please. On the other, the experience is way better lately. Do you remember the "expired link"?
pdkl95 10y ago
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/12493-hacker-news-folding-subtrees https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/12493-hacker-news-folding-... I wrote a userscript that is simple and works well.
bbcbasic 10y ago
The road to Discourse is paved with well intended incremental improvements.
- Grue3 10y ago
  The reply system of Discourse always confuses me. When I open replies to a comment, why do I need to see these replies a second time when I scroll further down? It's like they combined the worst parts of linear and tree-based comments.
  - bbcbasic 10y ago
    That's the joke. Only time I have used it is on daily WTF and most WTF discussions include some meta about how annoying Discourse is. I find it a little annoying and prefer old fashioned forums, and I particularly like HN!
sidcool 10y ago
Yes please do this.
UniZero 10y ago
Is there any evidence that Hacker News is even trying to improve? i.e. - How long can an organization avoid improving itself on the basis of reducing overall risk?

27 points by amiune 10y ago

Can you please add an option to collapse comments. I find comments very interesting and there are so many responses to each comment that it's difficult to find the second most voted comment

reverend 10y ago

Until they implement it, there's some Chrome addons that'll do what you want. If you have GreaseMonkey you there's a userscript that also works the same way; http://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/review/288192 http://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/review/288192

z1mm32m4n 10y ago

I use this extension; works well enough. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collapse/pdlifinplmfmoeppfooipommbdljhdmp https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collap... One thing is that it obviously don't help on mobile.

c17r 10y ago

Hackernews Enhancement Suite https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhancement-s/bappiabcodbpphnojdiaddhnilfnjmpm?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhanc... Does collapse comments as well as other nifty features.

kdamken 10y ago
This doesn't help on mobile, unfortunately, which is the time when I find myself most wanting the feature : (

dang 10y ago

It's coming.

Kinnard 10y ago
Please release the arc code. There are people who care about arc out there . . .
- chatmasta 10y ago
  Have you seen this? https://github.com/wting/hackernews https://github.com/wting/hackernews

dsaw 10y ago

In case you use firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/hn-utility-suite/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/hn-utility-su...

_lce0 10y ago

On one hand, yes please. On the other, the experience is way better lately. Do you remember the "expired link"?

pdkl95 10y ago

https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/12493-hacker-news-folding-subtrees https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/12493-hacker-news-folding-... I wrote a userscript that is simple and works well.

bbcbasic 10y ago

The road to Discourse is paved with well intended incremental improvements.

Grue3 10y ago
The reply system of Discourse always confuses me. When I open replies to a comment, why do I need to see these replies a second time when I scroll further down? It's like they combined the worst parts of linear and tree-based comments.
- bbcbasic 10y ago
  That's the joke. Only time I have used it is on daily WTF and most WTF discussions include some meta about how annoying Discourse is. I find it a little annoying and prefer old fashioned forums, and I particularly like HN!

sidcool 10y ago

Yes please do this.

UniZero 10y ago

Is there any evidence that Hacker News is even trying to improve? i.e. - How long can an organization avoid improving itself on the basis of reducing overall risk?