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Great News.YC Greasemonkey Script

14 points by joeguilmette 19y ago

tocomment 19y ago
There's no search on most pages, and I get this error (not sure if it's related): filter((function (a) {return a.href.indexOf("comments?id=") >= 0;}), articleReferences[i].parentNode.parentNode.nextSibling.getElementsByTagName("a"))[0] has no properties file:///home/.../components/greasemonkey.js Line 556 BTW I'm on Firefox 1.5.
tocomment 19y ago
And you know, I kind of miss the colors and design from the original YC news. This makes it have a white background. Who knows, maybe I'll get used to it.
ed 19y ago
Wow, I'm surprised to see someone dug this up. A lot has chanced since I hacked this script together and I'd expect that most features are now broken -- take that as a warning!
- danteembermage 19y ago
  I think I spend too much time reading social news; honestly, I misread that as "dugg this up"
  - ed 19y ago
    That's not that bad. Considerably worse are the people who think dig is actually spelled with two g's.
  - O3d 19y ago
    Don't feel too bad. I did the same thing :(
- nickb 19y ago
  Ed, you da man! I just loaded it up and it looks amazing! Amazing what Greasemonkey and an awesome hacker can do! Thank you again!
kashif 19y ago
I think PG should look at this design, I prefer it to the normal one any day.
- pg 19y ago
  The main reason it looks better is the white background, which I've been thinking of switching to. Otherwise it's a net lose. That productish look wastes a lot of space at the top of the screen. The current page looks the way it does partly because it works better on small screened mobile devices, which is an important factor for a news site.
  - cstejerean 19y ago
    Speaking of mobile devices, the current tiny arrows don't work well at all on a mobile device, especially on the iPhone (since there is no stylus). I have to zoom way in to make sure that I press the right one.
    - pg 19y ago
      Yeah, I noticed that too. I'll fix that.
  - joeguilmette 19y ago
    i actually dont really even like the color/button changes that much at all. what i do like is having the threads and the news side by side.
  - ed 19y ago
    Sounds like you should consider selective style sheets for mobile devices. That way you can accommodate small displays and not at the expense of regular users. While the white background helps, I tried to pay a bit of attention to type size and color contrast as well. The result of this effort is that you immediately know what's important, vs. what's not. Two other things to consider: 1) Utility pane on the right, which I consider to be a big usability win (thread comments when you want them; your own comments when not on a thread) 2) A visual distinction for discussion threads vs. link threads
bluishgreen 19y ago
Color scheme repels. Going back.
akkartik 19y ago
In the spirit of 'do one thing and do it well': http://akkartik.name/newsyc-9108.user.js http://akkartik.name/newsyc-9108.user.js All it does is add the 2-pane interface, so clicking on a comment link shows comments on the right pane.

14 points by joeguilmette 19y ago

There's no search on most pages, and I get this error (not sure if it's related): filter((function (a) {return a.href.indexOf("comments?id=") >= 0;}), articleReferences[i].parentNode.parentNode.nextSibling.getElementsByTagName("a"))[0] has no properties file:///home/.../components/greasemonkey.js Line 556 BTW I'm on Firefox 1.5.

tocomment 19y ago

And you know, I kind of miss the colors and design from the original YC news. This makes it have a white background. Who knows, maybe I'll get used to it.

ed 19y ago

Wow, I'm surprised to see someone dug this up. A lot has chanced since I hacked this script together and I'd expect that most features are now broken -- take that as a warning!

danteembermage 19y ago
I think I spend too much time reading social news; honestly, I misread that as "dugg this up"
- ed 19y ago
  That's not that bad. Considerably worse are the people who think dig is actually spelled with two g's.
- O3d 19y ago
  Don't feel too bad. I did the same thing :(
nickb 19y ago
Ed, you da man! I just loaded it up and it looks amazing! Amazing what Greasemonkey and an awesome hacker can do! Thank you again!

kashif 19y ago

I think PG should look at this design, I prefer it to the normal one any day.

pg 19y ago
The main reason it looks better is the white background, which I've been thinking of switching to. Otherwise it's a net lose. That productish look wastes a lot of space at the top of the screen. The current page looks the way it does partly because it works better on small screened mobile devices, which is an important factor for a news site.
- cstejerean 19y ago
  Speaking of mobile devices, the current tiny arrows don't work well at all on a mobile device, especially on the iPhone (since there is no stylus). I have to zoom way in to make sure that I press the right one.
  - pg 19y ago
    Yeah, I noticed that too. I'll fix that.
- joeguilmette 19y ago
  i actually dont really even like the color/button changes that much at all. what i do like is having the threads and the news side by side.
- ed 19y ago
  Sounds like you should consider selective style sheets for mobile devices. That way you can accommodate small displays and not at the expense of regular users. While the white background helps, I tried to pay a bit of attention to type size and color contrast as well. The result of this effort is that you immediately know what's important, vs. what's not. Two other things to consider: 1) Utility pane on the right, which I consider to be a big usability win (thread comments when you want them; your own comments when not on a thread) 2) A visual distinction for discussion threads vs. link threads

bluishgreen 19y ago

Color scheme repels. Going back.

akkartik 19y ago

In the spirit of 'do one thing and do it well': http://akkartik.name/newsyc-9108.user.js http://akkartik.name/newsyc-9108.user.js All it does is add the 2-pane interface, so clicking on a comment link shows comments on the right pane.