I guess the convenience comparison depends on how the notification is received and how you browse HN. In my system the worst common scenario involves me viewing

I guess the convenience comparison depends on how the notification is received and how you browse HN. In my system the worst common scenario involves me viewing a different “workspace” than my browser with the page not open in it, requiring a 2 key chord (Super + 9) to go to the dwm tag where luakit lives and 3 more keypresses (g n t) to go in a new tab to my HN threads quickmark, [Edit:] and at my typing speed of 75 wpm | 6.25 characters per second, it takes about ⅘ of a second + page load time to check, and leaves me at a page full of links to the replies and their context.