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Show HN: We built a Chrome extension to use J/K to navigate popular sites

40 points by flavio87 14y ago

irinai13 14y ago
I especially like using this on FB. It allows me to efficiently go through every post without missing any. Much better than scrolling!
jvrossb 14y ago
I use this to browse HN, it's great.
tomazstolfa 14y ago
+1 Google results get a new dimension. Same for Reddit.
- what_ever 14y ago
  You should check out http://redditenhancementsuite.com/ http://redditenhancementsuite.com/. I wish there was something similar Hacker News, or there is?
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cargo8 14y ago
Sounds like Vimium, but with interactions for popular sites built in.
- thomas-st 14y ago
  It's faster and easier to use than Vimium for common use cases as there is no need to enter a two digit link code to open a link.
philfreo 14y ago
All good, except I hate the pink. You should make the CSS customizable in Options.
sharon2012 14y ago
Help me understand this ⌘ + return. This "⌘".....don't know it? explain more...cant be able to open a new in a new tab using that short cut
- thomas-st 14y ago
  It's the command key on the Mac and the control key on Windows. What OS are you using?
  - sharon2012 14y ago
    Thanks so much. It has worked. I am using windows 7. May be developers of this application should consider simply including the full words.
Tyr42 14y ago
Err, is there any way to get to the comments in HN?
- thomas-st 14y ago
  Currently you have to hit tab three times to highlight the comments link, then press return. Not ideal, but should still be faster than having to use the mouse.
  - Tyr42 14y ago
    It'd be great to just steal opera's shift arrows to move to the next link in that direction on screen. (or hjkl)
chetan51 14y ago
Looks great! An alternative interface for navigating links with your keyboard in Chrome is DeadMouse: http://chetan51.github.com/deadmouse/ http://chetan51.github.com/deadmouse/ With it, you can simply start typing out the text of any link you see on the page to go to it.
- thomas-st 14y ago
  Just tried it out. This extension "highlights" the links in the most annoying way possible I've seen since the introduction of the blink tag :). Looks like it also could conflict with many sites if they use shortcuts. Are you using this extension on a regular basis?
- lucasvo 14y ago
  That's pretty cool. How have you worked around issues such as breaking keyboard shortcuts for Gmail? Why do you like this approach better than what vimium does? that was already to complicated for me. Also: I love the way you demo the functionality on the site!
danielrm26 14y ago
You could also use the Vimium extension that already exists: http://vimium.github.com/ http://vimium.github.com/
davorak 14y ago
This worked for me in the main page of hacker news, but I could not get it to work for moving between comments.
yonran 14y ago
Great work! I made a similar extension a few months ago but only for Craigslist (https://github.com/yonran/craigslist-shortcuts https://github.com/yonran/craigslist-shortcuts), but it’s great that your one works on many different websites. I still prefer simply focusing the link instead of also adding a background-color, though.
- lucasvo 14y ago
  I think the focus is not enough, though I have to say it also took me some time to get used to the pink. We could actually make that into a pretty easy setting... Maybe I'll do it sometime when the pink pisses me off too much.
auwero 14y ago
Indispensable comment about Opera having fully customizable page and browser keyboard navigation that works with every site built in since prehistorical ages (in Chrome timeline 8-). http://imgur.com/I2Vpk http://imgur.com/I2Vpk
pssdbt 14y ago
When I try to make an entry for 'hackerne.ws' (using same selector as news.ycombinator) it saves but then resets the regex after I visit the site and it doesn't work. Any ideas? Otherwise, I'm a fan - will keep using.
dhucerbin 14y ago
I'm using gleebox[1]. It has "ESP visions" - you define selector for elements on certain website whic are tab-able. You can also hit 'g' and write text of link/alt of image and that element would be highlighted. [1] http://thegleebox.com/ http://thegleebox.com/

40 points by flavio87 14y ago

I especially like using this on FB. It allows me to efficiently go through every post without missing any. Much better than scrolling!

jvrossb 14y ago

I use this to browse HN, it's great.

tomazstolfa 14y ago

+1 Google results get a new dimension. Same for Reddit.

what_ever 14y ago
You should check out http://redditenhancementsuite.com/ http://redditenhancementsuite.com/. I wish there was something similar Hacker News, or there is?

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cargo8 14y ago

Sounds like Vimium, but with interactions for popular sites built in.

thomas-st 14y ago
It's faster and easier to use than Vimium for common use cases as there is no need to enter a two digit link code to open a link.

philfreo 14y ago

All good, except I hate the pink. You should make the CSS customizable in Options.

sharon2012 14y ago

Help me understand this ⌘ + return. This "⌘".....don't know it? explain more...cant be able to open a new in a new tab using that short cut

thomas-st 14y ago
It's the command key on the Mac and the control key on Windows. What OS are you using?
- sharon2012 14y ago
  Thanks so much. It has worked. I am using windows 7. May be developers of this application should consider simply including the full words.

Tyr42 14y ago

Err, is there any way to get to the comments in HN?

thomas-st 14y ago
Currently you have to hit tab three times to highlight the comments link, then press return. Not ideal, but should still be faster than having to use the mouse.
- Tyr42 14y ago
  It'd be great to just steal opera's shift arrows to move to the next link in that direction on screen. (or hjkl)

chetan51 14y ago

Looks great! An alternative interface for navigating links with your keyboard in Chrome is DeadMouse: http://chetan51.github.com/deadmouse/ http://chetan51.github.com/deadmouse/ With it, you can simply start typing out the text of any link you see on the page to go to it.

thomas-st 14y ago
Just tried it out. This extension "highlights" the links in the most annoying way possible I've seen since the introduction of the blink tag :). Looks like it also could conflict with many sites if they use shortcuts. Are you using this extension on a regular basis?
lucasvo 14y ago
That's pretty cool. How have you worked around issues such as breaking keyboard shortcuts for Gmail? Why do you like this approach better than what vimium does? that was already to complicated for me. Also: I love the way you demo the functionality on the site!

danielrm26 14y ago

You could also use the Vimium extension that already exists: http://vimium.github.com/ http://vimium.github.com/

davorak 14y ago

This worked for me in the main page of hacker news, but I could not get it to work for moving between comments.

yonran 14y ago

Great work! I made a similar extension a few months ago but only for Craigslist (https://github.com/yonran/craigslist-shortcuts https://github.com/yonran/craigslist-shortcuts), but it’s great that your one works on many different websites. I still prefer simply focusing the link instead of also adding a background-color, though.

lucasvo 14y ago
I think the focus is not enough, though I have to say it also took me some time to get used to the pink. We could actually make that into a pretty easy setting... Maybe I'll do it sometime when the pink pisses me off too much.

auwero 14y ago

Indispensable comment about Opera having fully customizable page and browser keyboard navigation that works with every site built in since prehistorical ages (in Chrome timeline 8-). http://imgur.com/I2Vpk http://imgur.com/I2Vpk

pssdbt 14y ago

When I try to make an entry for 'hackerne.ws' (using same selector as news.ycombinator) it saves but then resets the regex after I visit the site and it doesn't work. Any ideas? Otherwise, I'm a fan - will keep using.

dhucerbin 14y ago

I'm using gleebox[1]. It has "ESP visions" - you define selector for elements on certain website whic are tab-able. You can also hit 'g' and write text of link/alt of image and that element would be highlighted. [1] http://thegleebox.com/ http://thegleebox.com/