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Ask HN: Do you use any tools to improve your HN experience?

13 points by 8organicbits 4y ago

I'm aware of some alternate web front-ends, and I've seen some tools on Show HN. What are you using? What have you built? What would you like to use?

acheron 4y ago
Dark Reader on desktop, the HACK app on iOS.
memorable 4y ago
Favicons for HN[0] is a userscript that I use to add favicons next to the link. I used the improved one though.[1] I am using Lipu[2], my in-house alternative HN interface, with the official HN interface for surfing. I also made an userscript called `Unthirst Numbers` that removes karma points and user's karma to make it less addictive. I have not make this one public though. [0]:https://gist.github.com/frabert/48b12088441f6195ea9292c2a5a77e3a https://gist.github.com/frabert/48b12088441f6195ea9292c2a5a7... [1]:https://gist.github.com/frabert/48b12088441f6195ea9292c2a5a77e3a?permalink_comment_id=4139060#gistcomment-4139060 https://gist.github.com/frabert/48b12088441f6195ea9292c2a5a7... [2]: https://lipu-flax.vercel.app https://lipu-flax.vercel.app
Akronymus 4y ago
http://www.hnreplies.com/ http://www.hnreplies.com/ This is pretty much the only tool I use.
ppqq 4y ago
tags
riidom 4y ago
Dark Reader and a bunch of lines of CSS via Stylus, functionally I'm fine with it.
Havoc 4y ago
I don’t see much of a need - hn is pretty clean and lightweight. A orangered envelope like Reddit would be convenient though if one gets a response
leephillips 4y ago
The “Refined Hacker News” extension for Chromium-based browsers.
- yesenadam 4y ago
  Also works with firefox.
mandeepj 4y ago
I use HN enhancement suite https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhancement-s/bappiabcodbpphnojdiaddhnilfnjmpm https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhanc...
julianeon 4y ago
Kind of. I set up Shortcuts on iOS to respond to the following voice commands: “Hacker News” opens up the main page in Safari. “Hacker Ask” opens Ask HN. “Hacker Show” opens up Show HN. “Hacker Hack” opens up all new submissions (surprisingly interesting & high quality). I use these regularly, daily.
corobo 4y ago
I use HN RSS in my feed reader to see replies to my comments. I prefer RSS over email alerts because a) get out of my inbox lol b) I don't get the urge to respond in real-time as I don't use the feed reader as frequently as email https://hnrss.org/ https://hnrss.org/
jonemi 4y ago
Sometimes I use https://hn.algolia.com/ https://hn.algolia.com/ for search.
lapcat 4y ago
A little CSS to support dark mode and increase the text size. It's pretty basic and could be improved. :root { color-scheme: light dark; } * { background-color: revert !important; color: revert !important; font-size: revert !important; } center { text-align: left !important; } table#hnmain { width: 100% !important; }
wly_cdgr 4y ago
The "close tab" button
michaericalribo 4y ago
A different take, but I use Freedom.io to block social media sites except for short periods during the day...it helps me both reclaim time that I would otherwise spend endlessly scrolling through garbage, and it makes the less frequent visits to HN more fruitful because everything is new.
nikivi 4y ago
I use https://hckrnews.com https://hckrnews.com a lot
bromuro 4y ago
I just browse from iPhone with the Octal app. The website is terrible!
- memorable 4y ago
  Yeah, surfing HN on mobile can be difficult since buttons are small and the website isn't optimized for mobile.
karmakaze 4y ago
https://hackerer.news https://hackerer.news viewer that shows stories by day so I don't see yesterday's stories today interleaved with today's and avoid the slot machine dopamine hits. It was originally written so that I could load all the titles and open tabs in the subway that would render when there was service at stops. Now wfh but still useful. [0] https://gitlab.com/karmakaze/hackerer-news https://gitlab.com/karmakaze/hackerer-news
u2077 4y ago
Every time I try to leave HN for some other front-end, there are subtle design features I miss. Every button on HN has a purpose, is easily accessible, and works as expected. There’s a quote that good design is not when there’s nothing left to add, but when there’s nothing to take away. HN follows this perfectly. Sure, I could have dark mode, previews, and notifications, but I’d lose elsewhere unless I built my own front-end.
Leftium 4y ago
I built https://hw.leftium.com https://hw.leftium.com, a mashup of https://hackerweb.app https://hackerweb.app and https://hckrnews.com https://hckrnews.com. I also have a bookmarklet to quickly toggle between https://hw.leftium.com https://hw.leftium.com and the original version. Then I installed the Refined Hacker News extension: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news I use two services to get notified about replies to my posts/comments: - https://hnnotify.xyz/ https://hnnotify.xyz/ - https://hnreplies.com/ https://hnreplies.com/
python273 4y ago
https://hn.cns.wtf/#31503987 https://hn.cns.wtf/#31503987 - my HN reader, kinda weird https://github.com/python273/hn-index https://github.com/python273/hn-index - CLI tool to search stories via regex, I use it to explore topics
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hjkl0 4y ago
I use Octal for iOS. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1308885491?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1308885491?mt=8
gala8y 4y ago
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hacker-news-comment-highlight/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hacker-news-c... This addon keeps track of which comments you've seen in a given Hacker News thread, and then highlights the new comments when you return to the page.

13 points by 8organicbits 4y ago

I'm aware of some alternate web front-ends, and I've seen some tools on Show HN. What are you using? What have you built? What would you like to use?

acheron 4y ago

Dark Reader on desktop, the HACK app on iOS.

memorable 4y ago

Favicons for HN[0] is a userscript that I use to add favicons next to the link. I used the improved one though.[1] I am using Lipu[2], my in-house alternative HN interface, with the official HN interface for surfing. I also made an userscript called `Unthirst Numbers` that removes karma points and user's karma to make it less addictive. I have not make this one public though. [0]:https://gist.github.com/frabert/48b12088441f6195ea9292c2a5a77e3a https://gist.github.com/frabert/48b12088441f6195ea9292c2a5a7... [1]:https://gist.github.com/frabert/48b12088441f6195ea9292c2a5a77e3a?permalink_comment_id=4139060#gistcomment-4139060 https://gist.github.com/frabert/48b12088441f6195ea9292c2a5a7... [2]: https://lipu-flax.vercel.app https://lipu-flax.vercel.app

Akronymus 4y ago

http://www.hnreplies.com/ http://www.hnreplies.com/ This is pretty much the only tool I use.

ppqq 4y ago

tags

riidom 4y ago

Dark Reader and a bunch of lines of CSS via Stylus, functionally I'm fine with it.

Havoc 4y ago

I don’t see much of a need - hn is pretty clean and lightweight. A orangered envelope like Reddit would be convenient though if one gets a response

leephillips 4y ago

The “Refined Hacker News” extension for Chromium-based browsers.

yesenadam 4y ago
Also works with firefox.

mandeepj 4y ago

I use HN enhancement suite https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhancement-s/bappiabcodbpphnojdiaddhnilfnjmpm https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhanc...

julianeon 4y ago

Kind of. I set up Shortcuts on iOS to respond to the following voice commands: “Hacker News” opens up the main page in Safari. “Hacker Ask” opens Ask HN. “Hacker Show” opens up Show HN. “Hacker Hack” opens up all new submissions (surprisingly interesting & high quality). I use these regularly, daily.

corobo 4y ago

I use HN RSS in my feed reader to see replies to my comments. I prefer RSS over email alerts because a) get out of my inbox lol b) I don't get the urge to respond in real-time as I don't use the feed reader as frequently as email https://hnrss.org/ https://hnrss.org/

jonemi 4y ago

Sometimes I use https://hn.algolia.com/ https://hn.algolia.com/ for search.

lapcat 4y ago

A little CSS to support dark mode and increase the text size. It's pretty basic and could be improved. :root { color-scheme: light dark; } * { background-color: revert !important; color: revert !important; font-size: revert !important; } center { text-align: left !important; } table#hnmain { width: 100% !important; }

wly_cdgr 4y ago

The "close tab" button

michaericalribo 4y ago

A different take, but I use Freedom.io to block social media sites except for short periods during the day...it helps me both reclaim time that I would otherwise spend endlessly scrolling through garbage, and it makes the less frequent visits to HN more fruitful because everything is new.

nikivi 4y ago

I use https://hckrnews.com https://hckrnews.com a lot

bromuro 4y ago

I just browse from iPhone with the Octal app. The website is terrible!

memorable 4y ago
Yeah, surfing HN on mobile can be difficult since buttons are small and the website isn't optimized for mobile.

karmakaze 4y ago

https://hackerer.news https://hackerer.news viewer that shows stories by day so I don't see yesterday's stories today interleaved with today's and avoid the slot machine dopamine hits. It was originally written so that I could load all the titles and open tabs in the subway that would render when there was service at stops. Now wfh but still useful. [0] https://gitlab.com/karmakaze/hackerer-news https://gitlab.com/karmakaze/hackerer-news

u2077 4y ago

Every time I try to leave HN for some other front-end, there are subtle design features I miss. Every button on HN has a purpose, is easily accessible, and works as expected. There’s a quote that good design is not when there’s nothing left to add, but when there’s nothing to take away. HN follows this perfectly. Sure, I could have dark mode, previews, and notifications, but I’d lose elsewhere unless I built my own front-end.

Leftium 4y ago

I built https://hw.leftium.com https://hw.leftium.com, a mashup of https://hackerweb.app https://hackerweb.app and https://hckrnews.com https://hckrnews.com. I also have a bookmarklet to quickly toggle between https://hw.leftium.com https://hw.leftium.com and the original version. Then I installed the Refined Hacker News extension: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news I use two services to get notified about replies to my posts/comments: - https://hnnotify.xyz/ https://hnnotify.xyz/ - https://hnreplies.com/ https://hnreplies.com/

python273 4y ago

https://hn.cns.wtf/#31503987 https://hn.cns.wtf/#31503987 - my HN reader, kinda weird https://github.com/python273/hn-index https://github.com/python273/hn-index - CLI tool to search stories via regex, I use it to explore topics

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hjkl0 4y ago

I use Octal for iOS. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1308885491?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1308885491?mt=8

gala8y 4y ago

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hacker-news-comment-highlight/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hacker-news-c... This addon keeps track of which comments you've seen in a given Hacker News thread, and then highlights the new comments when you return to the page.