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A "HN Labs" style concept would be amazing. I know it probably goes against the HN mentality, but a gmail style label system would be so useful. "Javascript", "

by taitems 17y ago

A "HN Labs" style concept would be amazing. I know it probably goes against the HN mentality, but a gmail style label system would be so useful. "Javascript", "Press", "Databasing" etc.

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mcav 17y ago
That'd be quite cool: Allow users to create javascript plugins for the site. Could have a karma minimum limit to be listed as a list of "labs" plugins. People could tackle things like layout, sort, hide/show karma, display an iFrame of the content, etc. But the security implications would probably be completely unacceptable. Ah well.
- nimbix 17y ago
  You already can create JS plugins for HN with Greasemonkey. I have one which currently: - hides links based on domain (like techcrunch.com) - hides links based on words appearing in the title (like gogaruco) - highlights names of known posters and adds a string describing them ("somenick" becomes "somenick: Firstname Lastname (Companyname)") - makes comment boxes bigger - adds a margin at the bottom It's pretty easy to do, really.
  - lucumo 17y ago
    Is it available somewhere?
    - nimbix 17y ago
      I cleaned it up a bit (removed names, etc) and uploaded it here: http://lexandera.com/public/hackernews.user.js http://lexandera.com/public/hackernews.user.js There's a configuration section at the top which you need to customize.
      - lucumo 17y ago
        Cool! Thanks!
    - Xichekolas 17y ago
      There are several GM scripts for this site: http://userscripts.org/scripts/search?q=hacker+news&x=0&y=0 http://userscripts.org/scripts/search?q=hacker+news&x=0&...
  - mcav 17y ago
    Yeah, but I use Safari. There's GreaseKit, which I have installed, but I've had little success getting it to work with regular GreaseMonkey scripts.
- taitems 17y ago
  But as you suggest, karma limitations would mitigate security issues. Updates could also be reviewed and controlled by moderators. I only suggest this because quite often you see websites (like the above) popping up on externally hosted servers, when they could potentially integrate into HN.

by taitems 17y ago

A "HN Labs" style concept would be amazing. I know it probably goes against the HN mentality, but a gmail style label system would be so useful. "Javascript", "Press", "Databasing" etc.

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mcav 17y ago

That'd be quite cool: Allow users to create javascript plugins for the site. Could have a karma minimum limit to be listed as a list of "labs" plugins. People could tackle things like layout, sort, hide/show karma, display an iFrame of the content, etc. But the security implications would probably be completely unacceptable. Ah well.

nimbix 17y ago
You already can create JS plugins for HN with Greasemonkey. I have one which currently: - hides links based on domain (like techcrunch.com) - hides links based on words appearing in the title (like gogaruco) - highlights names of known posters and adds a string describing them ("somenick" becomes "somenick: Firstname Lastname (Companyname)") - makes comment boxes bigger - adds a margin at the bottom It's pretty easy to do, really.
- lucumo 17y ago
  Is it available somewhere?
  - nimbix 17y ago
    I cleaned it up a bit (removed names, etc) and uploaded it here: http://lexandera.com/public/hackernews.user.js http://lexandera.com/public/hackernews.user.js There's a configuration section at the top which you need to customize.
    - lucumo 17y ago
      Cool! Thanks!
  - Xichekolas 17y ago
    There are several GM scripts for this site: http://userscripts.org/scripts/search?q=hacker+news&x=0&y=0 http://userscripts.org/scripts/search?q=hacker+news&x=0&...
- mcav 17y ago
  Yeah, but I use Safari. There's GreaseKit, which I have installed, but I've had little success getting it to work with regular GreaseMonkey scripts.
taitems 17y ago
But as you suggest, karma limitations would mitigate security issues. Updates could also be reviewed and controlled by moderators. I only suggest this because quite often you see websites (like the above) popping up on externally hosted servers, when they could potentially integrate into HN.