What does HackerNews think of hn-comments-owl?

A Chrome and Firefox extension (and user script) to highlight new Hacker News comments, mute users, and other UX tweaks

Language: JavaScript

The UI of Hacker News Is Perfect | Jun 2023
Definitely not perfect. The default "collapse comment" buttons being right-aligned is pure insanity, IMO. They should be left-aligned so they're all in line with each other as you scroll down the page, so you barely have to move your mouse.

Fortunately this extension[1] takes care of that.

[1] https://github.com/insin/hn-comments-owl/

Also, proper hyperlink support in comments would be appreciated.

Ask HN: How do you keep up with replies to comment threads on HN? | Apr 2022
For keeping track of replies to my own comments, as previously mentioned there's the threads link at the top of the page, as well as https://hnreplies.com/ and https://hnnotify.xyz/.

You can also use https://hnrss.github.io/ or http://hnapp.com/ to make RSS feeds of various types.

If there's a post that is particularly interesting and you want to be able to keep abreast of new comments in it, I've found the HN Comments Owl[0] browser extension particularly useful for this. I bookmark the page, and when I return to it I see new comments highlighted.

[0] https://github.com/insin/hn-comments-owl

Ask HN: Which Extension brings the best out of HN? | Mar 2022
I like HN Comments Owl: https://github.com/insin/hn-comments-owl
Ask HN: How do you use HN? | Dec 2021
>Do you use browser plugins or user scripts?

https://github.com/insin/hn-comments-owl

I've also been writing a Godot app for HN off an on for a while now. It isn't ready for prime time but here's what it looks like[0].

>Also, what are your habits around HN?

I tend to lurk the new comments page. I check this site constantly, and use it as a distraction from more worthwhile projects. It's pathetic, this place is basically intellectual junk food.

[0]https://imgur.com/a/ciLRZO1

Ask HN: What are your go-to Hacker News enhancements? | Nov 2021
https://github.com/insin/hn-comments-owl

worth it for the blocklist alone.

Police can’t demand you reveal your phone passcode then tell a jury you refused | Oct 2021
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https://github.com/insin/hn-comments-owl does exactly that. Makes following threads so much better.
Ask HN: How do you track comment threads in HN? | Jul 2021
I use a plugin that shows new comment counts since my last visit and that highlights new comments[0].

HN is beta testing a similar feature. I'd encourage them to add the new comment count as well if they haven't.

[0]https://github.com/insin/hn-comments-owl

Ask HN: Do you get addicted to your HN votes like normal people do to Instagram? | Oct 2020
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>What would be nice is if sites like HN and Reddit would offer a preview pane of the overall comment thread structure with all comments collapsed and had a visual indicator about which subthread contains new comments since the last time you checked

The Hacker News Comments Owl browser plugin does something like this[0], I highly recommend it.

[0]https://github.com/insin/hn-comments-owl