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Show HN: Chrome extension to collapse and expand HN parent comments
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Author : marcosnils
Score : 37 points
Date : 2021-01-12 15:50 UTC (7 hours ago)
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| de_nied wrote:
| This actually gives me an idea for just the thread page itself.
| Default collapsed threads that you can expand to show comments.
|
| Illustration: https://i.imgur.com/NrR8TVR.png
|
| *The comments and thread are unrelated. I just picked random ones
| from a thread I was on.
| jvzr wrote:
| I can recommend Refined Hacker News by plibither8
| (https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news). I added a
| "collapse root comment" module which does just that. The addon
| itself has tons of other useful features, and is still pretty
| lightweight
| CharlesW wrote:
| It's so great. I forget that I'm using it, and then am
| _shocked_ when I use HN on a browser which doesn 't have it.
| anotheryou wrote:
| I'd love a firefox version too :)
| blendergeek wrote:
| It looks like its open source. The developer would probably be
| delighted to take a patch adding Firefox support!
| AlchemistCamp wrote:
| The developer is the person who posted the story. How does
| patching Chrome plugins to add Firefox "support" work,
| exactly? Have you ever done that?
|
| FWIW, I'd totally check this out if it were for Firefox. I
| left Chrome years ago for privacy reasons.
| blendergeek wrote:
| Firefox _tries_ to be largely chrome compatible. It is
| likely, that it would work on Firefox with minimal work and
| merely needs to be added to AMO. If that is the case, then
| it is a simple case of asking the developer to add it to
| Firefox. I would recommend a Github Issue for that.
| nikivi wrote:
| One thing I truly want HN to add is a button like
| https://apolloapp.io or official reddit app have that lets you go
| down/up the top threads quickly. Usually its in the bottom right
| corner.
|
| Super useful when browsing on mobile.
| ballenf wrote:
| I prefer the current option to hit the '-' to collapse threads
| when I'm done with them and not having any more click/touch
| targets on screen. It seems like the collapsing is remembered
| while logged in across devices and sessions.
| saagarjha wrote:
| Floating buttons are...kind of annoying, to be honest. Just
| like those "back to top" buttons a lot of websites use.
| Merman_Mike wrote:
| I hope that HN doesn't add anything. It's great just the way it
| is.
|
| People can certainly add whatever they want with browser
| extensions, though.
| skavi wrote:
| Sync for Reddit allowed you to map volume buttons to thread
| up/down. That was super convenient and fast. Unfortunately, it
| seems Apple does not look to such features kindly.
| Vinnl wrote:
| I'm not sure if it's exactly what you're looking for, but I had
| a similar need and wrote this extension for my personal use:
| https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/sihn/
|
| It adds "parent" and "root" buttons under every comment. You
| can use the collapse button next to a post to get to its next
| sibling. (They are also made easier to hit on mobile.)
|
| Firefox only though.
| alexh1 wrote:
| Ha, I made something similar last year
| https://github.com/AlexBHarley/skipper.
|
| It adds a keyboard shortcut to take you to the next top level
| comment. I think it's broken now because I did it in a really
| hacky way.
|
| When you get tired of a comment chain in a thread click two (or
| three, I forgrt) keys and bam, you're into the next conversation.
| gpnt wrote:
| I think that should be the default, all parents collapsed. Very
| neat. If you want a quick preview, you can copy the code on this
| page[1] from the GitHub repo directly and paste it on the
| console. Works on Firefox too.
|
| [1] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marcosnils/orange-
| juicer/m...
| crumpled wrote:
| Slightly off-topic, but, does anyone have a tip/tool for actually
| making it through a long thread (such as "who's hiring") in
| multiple sessions? I have trouble saving my spot if I leave the
| tab for too long, or if I navigate away, and then come back with
| the back button. It's possible I've never seen beyond page 2
| because it's such a slog and I often have limited time.
| dirtyid wrote:
| https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/18066-hn-comments-owl
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| https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hn-comments-owl/kp...
|
| E: This will only highlight comments since X time, it helps
| somewaht.
| mancerayder wrote:
| I only use Chrome for work. Since they perma-stopped my ability
| to cease the video autoplay and back when I would turn it off, it
| would somehow get itself turned on again, I stopped using it as
| my 'leisure browser' at home and at work during lunchtime.
|
| Any hopes for some HN-y Firefox plugins?
| interestica wrote:
| I don't know HN's view of Opera, but I've been using it for
| more than a year and really like it. It's chromium based and
| can use any plugin from the chrome store. It also has a lot of
| useful features (PIP video window, sidebar messengers, dev
| tools, dark mode, workspaces)
| zamadatix wrote:
| PIP and dark mode sound like standard chromium features.
| Curious what's better in the dev tools though.
| interestica wrote:
| dev tools: I don't think they're particularly better per
| se. They're pretty much identical. But overall, the design
| of Opera is a bit more useful to me. The sidebar alone just
| makes it more usable.
|
| PIP: I looked it up. There's a pop-out video option for
| Chrome available with plugin. The UX for it is better in
| Opera.
| zamadatix wrote:
| You don't need the extension for PIP anymore.
| hyperdimension wrote:
| Opera was bought out by a Chinese company a few years back.
| It's now, as I understand, more-or-less a Chromium clone.
|
| If you like(d the old) Opera, 12.16 IIRC, though, I would
| suggest a more-or-less Chromium clone: Vivaldi. It feels like
| it has the same truly-a-user-agent feeling as Opera gave me
| so long ago. I believe it's staffed by ex-Opera devs, too.
|
| EDIT: Okay, I just realized you acknowledged it was a
| Chromium fork...I wish I knew how to read. My recommendation
| on Vivaldi still stands however.
| interestica wrote:
| Yeah, I get that it was bought by a Chinese company and
| that seems to be the primary criticism from people (and I'm
| not sure it's justified.)
|
| I wouldn't call it a Chromium clone - the codebase and most
| functions/abilities are the same but the UX and UI thinking
| is very different.
|
| I will still check out Vivaldi!
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