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An unofficial alternative to the HN interface

• pbbakkum 13y ago
  I've been using this for about a year, really good interface
• JimmaDaRustla 13y ago
  That awkward moment when you're already on hckrnews.com...
  • ocfx 13y ago
    Well I'm not when I'm leaving this comment!
    • JimmaDaRustla 13y ago
      True. But if you get the browser plugins, its there in spirit!
  • jchung 13y ago
    Ah. That's why I was so confused when the page just.... refreshed.
• molecule 13y ago
  I've been using this for awhile now as my primary HN front-page interface, for several reasons: - easier to read - mobile-browser friendly - auto refreshes - preserves articles that make it to the front page, and in (reverse) order of the time they made it to the front page, so no need to constantly check the front page and parse all of its contents to see if new articles are posted cf. http://www.hckrnews.com/about.html http://www.hckrnews.com/about.html a big Thank You and kudos to its author(s) and maintainer(s)-- it works well and consistently!
  • danmaz74 13y ago
    I generally like the original interface, but I hate to have to re-scan all the titles in the home page to find out which ones are new. So I built this Chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-mark-all-read/ogfbcfkihdkplelnaenpgkhnkpoaggjc https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-mark-a...
    • xerophtye 13y ago
      ummm... i thought the "new" button up therer did exactl the same thing
      • danmaz74 13y ago
        That button shows you new submissions, even if they got no votes. Pretty different thing!
  • eball 13y ago
    Funny how it still shows the link to the below story that got buried by the flamewar detector. "I lost years’ worth of Google Docs files because of a poor user interface" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6612854 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6612854
    • andrewcooke 13y ago
      that's a feature. with hckrnews you get to see all the articles, even if they were only on the front page for a short time. for me, that's the biggest advantage it has over the main site.
• pwnna 13y ago
  I still like http://hn.premii.com http://hn.premii.com
  • jsogarro 13y ago
    Yeah. I like this one a lot as well. Use it on my phone, iPad and in browser.
  • aCCelerate 13y ago
    Yes, this gets my vote hands down. hckrnews looks fine but hn.premii gets mobile right. I use it on my mobile and on my desktop all the time. Only downside is that you can't write comments.
  • laumars 13y ago
    oh wow that is good. I don't mind the classic HN layout - in fact I kind of like it because it's clean way to present information. And all the other designs of HN have added nothing but a reskin. Where as that one actually contributes a original (to HN) ideas itself.
  • cliveowen 13y ago
    This is really something, thanks for the link.
  • gbrhaz 13y ago
    How do some sites (like this one) get more accurate and up-to-date data than others (one in OP)?
  • thekingshorses 13y ago
    Thanks, It is also available on android and iOS app store. iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hacker-news-yc/id713733435 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hacker-news-yc/id713733435 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.premii.hn https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.premii.hn Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news/gdljjmpecaafiaedefdogicdipcnmace?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news/gdljjm...
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• Killswitch 13y ago
  I was using it and it's great but the biggest annoyance is the fact that if I wanted to comment, I still had to go to the original HN... So I started using this extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/helvetinews/jebgogambklaokgeeljmhaanbcpihejc https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/helvetinews/jebgog... Now I just use regular HN with it.
  • penthehuman 13y ago
    I've been using the extension HN Special. I've tried a ton of interfaces, but this one is my favourite. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hn-special-an-addition-to/cchaceegbflphbdpfocjalgjhjoahiia https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hn-special-an-addi...
    • avree 13y ago
      I use the HN Enhancement Suite. It adds some good functionality as well as making the interface pretty (but not overly web 6.0-y with thin-weight helvetica and white space everywhere.) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhancement-s/bappiabcodbpphnojdiaddhnilfnjmpm?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhanc...
  • jon-wood 13y ago
    Wow, just installed it, and Hacker News no longer makes my eyes bleed! Thanks for pointing it out.
• city41 13y ago
  There have been many alt HN interfaces. I try them all, yet I never end up sticking with any of them. I feel like HN meets its needs pretty well and I like that they have resisted change (whether consciously or not)
  • orbitur 13y ago
    I think the happy medium is one of the browser extensions. I'm using "Hacker New" for Chrome, and it adds basic nice things like default larger text, comment collapsing. Of course, I get used to it and become annoyed if I decide to visit the unmodified HN on my mobile device.
    • taude 13y ago
      I installed Hacker New a long time ago and I forgot I was even using it until I went to Hacker News from a different browser
• zero-g 13y ago
  I have started using it few months ago and I like it. Mostly because I can read hacker news as pragmatically as I have been reading google reader. I don't need to visit home of HN several times a day to find out if there is any new posts. I just open hckrnews.com and I see what have been posted since my last visit.
• Pent 13y ago
  This is the only way I use hacker news.
• flyingmutant 13y ago
  Since people are mentioning various other HN interfaces they use, I'd highly recommend to check out Georgify — https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/georgify/ofjfdfaleomlfanfehgblppafkijjhmi https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/georgify/ofjfdfale...
  • filipmares 13y ago
    I second that. Love love love it.
  • ionelm 13y ago
    Is there a firefox extension or greasemonkey script for that? Edit: There's http://userstyles.org/styles/46180/georgify-for-hacker-news http://userstyles.org/styles/46180/georgify-for-hacker-news
• kbenson 13y ago
  I used to use this interface, but then I noticed a bug (or interesting feature, depending on your point of view) in that when you were viewing the top 10 or top 20, and loaded more articles, some articles would disappear from the list. My theory on this is that it was caused by loading articles a certain number of hours back from the current time, and then grouping by day before sorting to the top X. For example, if the last 24 hours were loaded, and grouped into today and (part of) yesterday, you would get an accurate top X for today so far, and an accurate top X for the portion of the previous day it had fetched. This was particularly noticeable when I hadn't visited for a few days (I've since rectified this aberrant behavior of mine) and loaded a few past days to review missed submissions. Seeing something that caught my eye disappear as it loaded older content drove me nuts. It looks like the problem is fixed now, but it's hard to be sure, as it may be more or less likely depending on the time of the day you visit. I sent a bug report to the developer when I noticed this (in February 2013), but never heard back. I'll happily go back to using this interface if it's fixed though, I found it generally more pleasant to use.
  • wvl 13y ago
    Sorry if I never got back to you about this. There were definitely some bugs around the filtering / content loading. I _think_ they've been resolved for a while now, so I hope you'll give it another shot.
    • kbenson 13y ago
      No problem. I definitely will, because I'm enough of a completist in general that it bothers me when feel I've missed something that looks interesting, and I'm already seeing that again. Well done, you've created something that immediately triggers (because I can see what I was missing) and alleviates (because I can check what I missed) my obsessive behavior over HN. Next step, profit as I throw money at you... ;)
    • kbenson 13y ago
      Oh, and if you're looking for recommendations on new features: 1. Colorize submissions that have had X% increase in votes/comments (with different colors) since last visit when in top X mode (specifically in the past 48-72 hours). 2. Allow a user defined point/comment threshold over which submissions are colorized.
• moskie 13y ago
  I've been pretty happy with the HackerNew Chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlndihpmbbgmbpjohilcphbfhddd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlnd...
  • nijiko 13y ago
    Can't upvote this enough.
  • christiangenco 13y ago
    HackerNew is also open source, and the developer (Tom Moor) is very open to pull requests: https://github.com/tommoor/HackerNew https://github.com/tommoor/HackerNew
  • cbaleanu 13y ago
    Using this for over 6 months, can't go back to regular HN, even though this means browsing using Chrome.
    • ISL 13y ago
      Depending upon your objections about Chrome, you can use a non-Google Chromium binary.
  • pablasso 13y ago
    Hacker News Enhancement Suite is a cool option too: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhancement-s/bappiabcodbpphnojdiaddhnilfnjmpm?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhanc... Although, I love the endless scrolling of HackerNew.
  • flanbiscuit 13y ago
    I personally like the HN-Special chrome extension : https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hn-special-an-addition-to/cchaceegbflphbdpfocjalgjhjoahiia https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hn-special-an-addi...
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• cliveowen 13y ago
  I've always used this, since day one.
• triplesec 13y ago
  I welcome this, but the UI confuses immediately: what's top 10 and top 20? and top 50%? No obvious explanations as to what the referent of "top" is! No scales, no FAQ. Also, I want to know what the settings are compared with the "official" HN frontpage ordering. "about" is broken, where I had hoped to find a FAQ
  • wvl 13y ago
    You can try /about again. Server was having problems there with the load. FYI top 10 / top 20 / top 50% should be the "Top N" stories by number of points for each day according to your timezone.
• blueblob 13y ago
  What do you guys use on your phone (if you use an app on the phone)? I have been using an app called "Hacker News 2" in the play store. I generally like it, but the comments are flaky, sometimes it lets me see them and other times it doesn't.
  • thekingshorses 13y ago
    You can try this on your mobile browser: http://hn.premii.com/ http://hn.premii.com/ or iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hacker-news-yc/id713733435 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hacker-news-yc/id713733435 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.premii.hn https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.premii.hn
• eono 13y ago
  Seems like the server was not expecting that load...
• bhouston 13y ago
  This website, hckrnews.com, is developed and maintained by Wayne Larsen: https://github.com/wvl https://github.com/wvl BTW another project of Wayne's is: http://clara.io http://clara.io
• usablebytes 13y ago
  Excellent move! Cheers! Can we also look at those Arials at the top?
• bluecalm 13y ago
  One thing I would love is: -top X posts by comments from a day/week/month -top X posts by votes from day/week/momth What I don't like about Hacker News is that interesting things fall out of front page too quickly and discussion dies I prefer interface where interesting stuff stays at the top longer (amount of comments last week approximate it well in my view).
  • scott_s 13y ago
    It doesn't allow for arbitrary granularity, but you may be unaware of: https://news.ycombinator.com/lists https://news.ycombinator.com/lists
    • rnicholson 13y ago
      See also - http://www.daemonology.net/hn-daily/ http://www.daemonology.net/hn-daily/ - I find its a better "best".
  • hgezim 13y ago
    You should take a look at http://www.hndigest.com http://www.hndigest.com . You can subscribe to get emails at specified intervals (daily all the way to weekly) and choose from top 5-30 stories per email.
• michaelgold 13y ago
  The HipsterNews chrome extension is pretty sweet. I've been using it for 3 months or so https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hipsternews/midnccdcbhikpniledkdhojbhdnkkkdb https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hipsternews/midncc...
• paborden 13y ago
  Like this. But can you please kill the hellobar?
• mzs 13y ago
  It would be nice to collapse or skip all replies to a parent, do any of these extensions do that? I often find some discussion that is uninteresting to me (but might be others for others) and just want to easily get past it. If it is long, it takes some time to find where the indention matches-up many PGDNs below.
  • pkj 13y ago
    The top comment by moskie points out one such chrome extension. Just installed it and works great for collapsing threads. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlndihpmbbgmbpjohilcphbfhddd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlnd...
  • dangrossman 13y ago
    If you want to add collapsible comment threads without changing anything else about the site, "Hacker News Collapse" is the extension for that -- https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collapse/bbkfcamiocfccgmcjngdljolljhifdph https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collap...
• filipedeschamps 13y ago
  Are you using Node.js?
• aluhut 13y ago
  I wish there would be a dark/black edition somewhere.
  • seabrookmx 13y ago
    Me too. Exactly the same layout as http://www.hckrnews.com/ http://www.hckrnews.com/ but with white text on a dark grey background. The orange components could be left the same, as they would still provide good contrast and go with the colour scheme.
• js2 13y ago
  My favorite continues to be http://hackerwebapp.com/ http://hackerwebapp.com/ but this has some nice features as well.
  • Leftium 13y ago
    I mashed together the best parts of hackerwebapp and hckr news: http://hn.leftium.com/ http://hn.leftium.com/
• robbyking 13y ago
  I use StyleBot to customize HN's stylesheet: http://stylebot.me/search?q=news.ycombinator.com http://stylebot.me/search?q=news.ycombinator.com
• 10098 13y ago
  Is there something that lets me fold/hide comments that I have already read (like on Reddit)?
• 13throwaway 13y ago
  It needs HTTPS.
• nakovet 13y ago
  Comparing the lists between new.ycombinator.com and www.hckrnews.com some articles on top 10 on the first are missing on the second is that intended and I didn't understand how it works?
• Splendor 13y ago
  I prefer http://lessmeme.com/less.html http://lessmeme.com/less.html because it lets me quickly see which items are new.
• Kilimanjaro 13y ago
  I like this one, everything in one place: http://georgenava.appspot.com/demo/hn/index.html http://georgenava.appspot.com/demo/hn/index.html * Mockup, nothing works.
• pjbrunet 13y ago
  That's more like it.
• rubiquity 13y ago
  It brings me much joy to know that this link also appears on hckrnews.com :)
• ThomPete 13y ago
  May i suggest you go off white. Not a lot just enough to unbrigthen the screen. #FBFBFB for instance.
• bookwormAT 13y ago
  Look great but unfortunately there is no search. Search is my main entry point into HN.
  • controv3 13y ago
    What do you search for generally?
• sdfjkl 13y ago
  I hacked a Greasemonkey script a while ago because I wanted some easy way to pick out vote/comments. I've been using it for many months now and it's not annoyed me once, which is a good sign. It also leaves the rest of HN alone. Screenshot: http://cl.ly/image/3G1k2j0w2Q3G http://cl.ly/image/3G1k2j0w2Q3G Source: https://gist.github.com/ingmar/5564603 https://gist.github.com/ingmar/5564603
• eternalban 13y ago
  The (imo quite excellent) hubski.com is built on arc.
  • deveac 13y ago
    I wish I had a screenshot of hubski.com at its inception. Since it began life as a port (albeit with completely different mechanics) the UI was essentially a clone. Quite quickly mk transformed that along with the usually feature and performance iterations to the point where you'd never be able to tell at a glance. Just celebrated the first 100,000 posts milestone too.
    • eternalban 13y ago
      mk (et al) have done a great job.
• sheikhimran01 13y ago
  inspired by Flat UI. I like it...a lot better than current hacker news