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Show HN: HNCute, a pretty pink Hacker News theme
- taspeotis 9y agoPersonally I find HackerNew [1] to be quite a sensible addition to the HN theme. [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlndihpmbbgmbpjohilcphbfhddd?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlnd...
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- 1k2ka 9y agoAnyone know of a similar extension for Firefox?
- dufferzafar 9y agoIf you're running FF 57, you could try https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chrome-store-foxified/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chrome-store-... to install chrome extensions on FF. Some work. Some don't.
- ninjakeyboard 9y agoI have my hn bar set as pink with the Karma-unlocked feature. This is tempting though...
- caroherm 9y agoI originally was going to just do this but didn't realize you needed a certain amount of Karma
- jchw 9y agoIt'd probably be simpler to do this as a userstyle, since there are many extensions supporting userstyles. Still, if you prefer the WebExtension format that Chrome provides, it's worth noting you could trivially release the same extension for Firefox and Edge, since I'm sure all of the APIs this uses are compatible.
- caroherm 9y agoSweet, will definitely look into this.
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- probinso 9y agolove it
- probinso 9y agoalso I appreciate the favicon to match
- andkon 9y agoTHIS IS SO GOOD. And readable! But mostly adorable.
- caroherm 9y agoThank you! :D
- darkkindness 9y agoAh, this is something I didn't know I needed. Nice work!
- jancsika 9y agoInstant upvote to anyone who forks it to append cat and giggle emojis to any post that references the chrome extension. "Why is HNCutePlus on Hacker news?" giggles kittens
- caroherm 9y agoThis is the best comment
- anandkulkarni 9y agoEnjoying this theme. Thanks for sharing. Makes HN more fun!
- caroherm 9y agoGlad to hear it!
- ninkendo 9y ago> make HN cute again Can we stop using “make X Y again”? The phrase it references is a racist dogwhistle. Let’s not normalize it.
- zanedb 9y agoI think it's more intended in a mocking manner.
- dukeflukem 9y agoPardon my ignorance, but what's racist?
- cypherpunks01 9y agoThey're referring to the POTUS campaign slogan, which isn't overtly racist but can be interpreted in such a way depending on your read of the message.
- dukeflukem 9y agoOh that is quite a generalisation!
- caroherm 9y agoI thought about this and wound up changing the wording, the changes should be live with the next update within the next hour
- danso 9y agoThanks, implying that HN had lost its cuteness was also extremely rude
- Profragile 9y agoOMG look, a triggered libtard.
- Retra 9y ago
- BugsJustFindMe 9y agoWhy is it a Chrome extension instead of just a bit of CSS in one of the many custom CSS extensions that already abound?
- ttsda 9y agofound the css https://github.com/carolinehermans/HNcute https://github.com/carolinehermans/HNcute
- caroherm 9y ago^^
- e12e 9y agoIndeed. Appears the "stylish" extension and/or https://userstyles.org https://userstyles.org would be a natural fit for this?
- smt88 9y agohttps://malwaretips.com/threads/stylish-browser-add-on-2-million-users-impacted-by-new-data-collection-policy.67191/ https://malwaretips.com/threads/stylish-browser-add-on-2-mil...
- auscompgeek 9y agoStylus is the community fork of Stylish from before it was bought out.
- carlosdp 9y agoidk, cause the one-click install is easier to distribute than telling people to install a generic plugin they might only use for this 1 mod anyways.
- reificator 9y agoBut on the other hand a user who is already interested in overriding the styling for one site is a likely candidate for wanting to install more. Furthermore, having one extension to trust for security's sake is much nicer than having one for each and every site you want to custom theme. Especially since the general theme is going to want to build up a library of themes and requires user trust to do so, phoning home secret information would eventually destroy that trust. But an extension that only themes Google.com is a more likely candidate for harvesting credentials, for instance. Creating an extension is also a browser specific process. If there's one browser extension for all sites backed by a repository of plain CSS themes, then users on multiple browsers can benefit from theming with minimal porting effort on the part of the theme author.
- shapiro92 9y agowhy is this even on the top? no offense but it is a css stylesheet.
- dang 9y agoIt's so unusual a thing to do that it becomes clever for that reason. Maybe other things too—I haven't looked. But I'd say it passes the "interesting new phenomenon" test (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html). Small things can do that as easily as big ones, if not more.
- pvg 9y agoYou should install it and then try reading your own grumpy comment again. See?
- maddyboo 9y agoIt takes the grumps out of HN and replaces them with cuties! https://i.imgur.com/GNpBKlj.png https://i.imgur.com/GNpBKlj.png
- caroherm 9y agothis is my favorite observation :)
- shapiro92 9y agoyour comment can be said to be grumpy also. See? sorry i dont get why people are salty, I dont find it interesting and just wondered what people found interesting. Why do you have to get defensive?
- pvg 9y agoSeems like you didn't install it after all!
- jwilk 9y agoFrom the HN guidelines: Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate. If a story is spam or off-topic, flag it.
- _RPM 9y agoNeat. I’ll show this to my wife. She will love the colors.
- caroherm 9y agoAwesome!
- jerkstate 9y agoFinally, some real progress in the fight against gender inequality in tech!
- faitswulff 9y agoI unironically find this much easier to read HN with. Especially with dead or downvoted comments. The hearts are just a bonus.
- caroherm 9y agoGlad to hear it!
- labster 9y agoHow long will I have to wait for the Firefox port? This extension is yet another way that free software is being shut out of the browser market. And worse, women are being targeted to be locked into proprietary software. Cmon y'all, this is super important. Let's get started on GNU/HNCute!
- cryptoz 9y agoChromium is not proprietary software, it is open source. This extension is written for open source browsers as well, not just the proprietary Chrome browser.
- throwanem 9y agoI know you're joking, but Chrome extensions are Firefox extensions now too: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chrome-store-foxified/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chrome-store-...
- reificator 9y agoThanks for the heads up, I didn't know that.
- numbers 9y agoI like it, there are some colors that are still present like the comments view still has the orange and red colors here and there. I will keep it installed and look for updates :) One request would be to make the font sizes a bit bigger, maybe different font families as well!
- caroherm 9y agoI'll look for remaining orange/red areas and push an update later tonight. Good call on the font sizes! I used Open Sans because I wanted things to stay simple and easy to read, but it might be nice to look into something else in the future.
- chrisparton1991 9y agoNice work, and thanks for sharing! I think your repo serves as a great example of how simple a Chrome extension can be, so it has value as reference material.
- caroherm 9y agoThanks so much! I'm planning to clean up the repo later tonight so it's better organized.
- dvt 9y agoGreat job, looks cute! HN should make this the default style for Valentine's day :)
- caroherm 9y agoThanks!
- nyxtom 9y agoAt first I thought I wasn't going to like this but I was pleasantly surprised :D The hearts are a nice touch :D Nice work :D
- caroherm 9y agoThank you! :D
- nomadiccoder 9y agohow on firefox?
- King-Aaron 9y agoinstall chrome /s
- nomadiccoder 9y agotoo shiny :/
- advertech 9y agoJust an idea, but maybe at a high karma threshold, logged in users can reference a cross-origin style sheet, via linked URL? User profile page would need to be a safe page, so users don't lock themselves out with wonky styles. Also, stern warnings about privacy surrounding referrer headers and basic ad tech concepts like tracking pixels. Although browser extensions are just as deadly or worse.
- danso 9y agoI upvoted this like I try to do for most good effort/well-intentioned Show HN's, but I wasn't planning on installing it since I had customized my HN settings to make my HN usage as discrete as possible, with `topcolor` set to #f6f6ef (wish bodycolor was also a setting so I could just make the header and the HN body #eeeeee!). But after reading some of the other comments I decided to add the plugin and am feeling that I won't regret it :) Not only do I love the use of pink in general, I love this theme's particular choices, such as the blue accent for the headline links and the muted pink for visited links for even better minimalist readability. The minimized header is a also nice touch (though maybe `new`, `threads`, and `submit` deserve emphasis -- at least based on my habits). And I guess if I want my web browser not to scream "HACKER NEWS READER" to anyone looking over my shoulder, a theme that hides the "Hacker News" header in addition to adding a pink explosion will do the trick. Thanks!
- chrismorgan 9y agoMy topcolor is #abcdef. I’m also quite fond of #123456 (though not as a topcolor).
- caroherm 9y agoThanks so much! I'm glad you decided to install it, feel free to let me know if you see anything that could be improved. I was inspired by the color scheme from Bubblesort's "Git it Gurl" shirts (https://shop.bubblesort.io/products/git-it-gurl-shirt?variant=37201321537 https://shop.bubblesort.io/products/git-it-gurl-shirt?varian...), with the nice splash of blue-purple on the pink background.
- danso 9y agoSo my biggest immediate complaint is that the up/down hearts are misleading. I was a little excited that the uphearts/downhearts appeared to be slightly offset, which would deal with one of HN's most annoying design flaws -- accidentally hitting the wrong vote button. As it is, your hearts have the same horizontal hitbox even though they appear visually skewed. Having the hitbox match the appearance of the hearts would be welcome! The other fix I would make is in the font-color of a few elements that are now more emphasized than they need to be. e.g. The "unvote" label seems to be in the darkest shade of font color. As someone who doesn't mind that it is a Chrome plugin, since Chrome is the browser I use for HN and because I don't mind that the plugin has access to that page -- I say keep it as a plugin rather than make it a CSS sheet. With a plugin, you could provide a polished config panel experience that makes it easy for a user to disable/enable features. For example, I could see myself liking the "Hacker News" masthed back in the header and in a hot pink shade -- but other users may want it gone like it is now. Of course as a plugin it could add all sorts of features to the HN page, at risk of breaking the minimalist experience. All I think I would want in extra features is maybe he ability to switch between a few different variants of pink styling.
- hycaria 9y agoI like the color theme but dislike how everything seems more spaced out. Also as a female, maybe not very professionnal after all. Rather have people recognize HN on my browser than wonder what girly stuff I might do.
- TheArcane 9y agoIs there a dark HN theme anyone recommends? On Stylish or outside?
- l_h 9y agoI read HN using http://hn.premii.com http://hn.premii.com. You can set a darker theme in the menu.
- krapp 9y agoI've updated my Greasemonkey plugin that makes some minor changes to HN's text layout. It unfades faded comments, highlights inline quotes (prefaced with '>') and improves readability. It's very small and uses calls to HN's own javascript. Too small to be worth its own post but .. this seemed like a good thread to post it as a comment. https://openuserjs.org/scripts/kennethrapp/Hacker_News_Text_Tweaks https://openuserjs.org/scripts/kennethrapp/Hacker_News_Text_...