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1. 31.▲
   by sjdz 4y ago

   Yes, just click the "aA" icon to open the settings, and use the bottom slider to adjust the content width.
2. 32.▲
   by sjdz 4y ago

   Glad you like it :) You should just be able to hover over a comment and click the reply icon?
3. 33.▲
   by sjdz 4y ago

   Good question. There's a few key benefits: - It builds on the existing site, so the new design is always applied to HN urls. No need to visit a separate website. - Privacy - everything is stored locally in your browser, there's no
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   Show HN: I made a modern web UI for Hacker News(modernhn.com)

   308 points by sjdz 4y ago|198 comments
5. 35.▲
   by sjdz 5y ago

   Interesting, thanks for that. I was under the impression that using "system-ui" was the way to go! I do plan to add font choice as a setting in a future version, so that will solve this.
6. 36.▲
   by sjdz 5y ago

   Yeah Safari support is definitely on the TODO, but the requirement for an App Store account made me put that on the backburner for now.
7. 37.▲
   by sjdz 5y ago

   Font settings, colors, custom themes etc are on the TODO for a future version.
8. 38.▲
   by sjdz 5y ago

   If you set the width slider to maximum, it goes to 100% browser width, which gives you the current Wikipedia style :)
9. 39.▲
   by sjdz 5y ago

   I've just looked into this, it seems Chrome displays that because of the "tabs" permission: > "Technically this permission allows observing the history via chrome.tabs.onUpdated, but not read the previously existing h
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    by sjdz 5y ago

    Thanks, glad you like it :) With the name, I was just thinking more in terms of "modernized"... as in, something more modern than the current Wikipedia design... but I get your point! I'll have a think about it.
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    by sjdz 5y ago

    Thanks for that, I did actually come across that page during development when I was searching for redesign concepts. There's a few dead links there, but it seems redesigning Wikipedia is a very popular pursuit for designers as there ar
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    by sjdz 5y ago

    Hey HN, I made this free browser extension that modernizes the Wikipedia design. I started making this for myself just because I wanted more of a "reader mode" like experience (narrower column, nicer fonts, dark mode etc). Then I
13. 43.▲
    Show HN: I made a modern web UI for Wikipedia(modernwiki.app)

    979 points by sjdz 5y ago|409 comments
14. 44.▲
    by sjdz 5y ago

    Yeah I agree, or at least mostly offline and just going online when absolutely necessary to get something done.