11 comments

  • Novosell12 minutes ago
    Did you ai generate the Chrome and Firefox logo? That isn't what they look like, or have ever looked like, from what I know.
    • latchkey10 minutes ago
      Yes. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
      • DrBenCarson5 minutes ago
        …why?
        • latchkey1 minute ago
          I'd rather focus on building features vs. caring about logos.
  • maxloh14 minutes ago
    I made a Stylus style to make Hacker News&#x27;s UI more modern.<p>Some screenshots:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gist.github.com&#x2F;user-attachments&#x2F;assets&#x2F;643969af-89ca-415f-b20c-90f2d0c74d02" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gist.github.com&#x2F;user-attachments&#x2F;assets&#x2F;643969af-89c...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gist.github.com&#x2F;user-attachments&#x2F;assets&#x2F;95e4b14d-b679-478d-a8d8-f987b0d2c31d" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gist.github.com&#x2F;user-attachments&#x2F;assets&#x2F;95e4b14d-b67...</a>
    • latchkey10 minutes ago
      This is exactly what I don&#x27;t want my extension to become. I don&#x27;t want a new UX, I want the existing UX to be enhanced.
  • greenpizza135 minutes ago
    I can&#x27;t figure out how to toggle to Light Mode (maybe it uses the system setting?). HN is something I prefer to be in Light Mode but everything else in dark. Gonna remove until this is configurable.
  • ipsum210 minutes ago
    It looks pretty good! I&#x27;m using it now and its a meaningful improvement to the existing site.<p>Out of curiosity, why did you make a new Github account for the extension instead of developing it on your own account?
    • latchkey6 minutes ago
      Thanks!<p>Because I see this becoming bigger than me and a separate organization made sense. There is a super thin backend component right now too. There is the potential to also add in some extra features that require a server&#x2F;db. I&#x27;m kind of inspired by the atuin model of things.<p>I&#x27;ve got a LONG list of features I&#x27;d like to implement over time.
  • altairprime13 minutes ago
    Latchkey, would you be comfortable with HN adopting your dark mode styling as a user choice someday, if they came around to liking it? <i>I</i> really like it and I think it’s in the spirit of the site.
  • xydac10 minutes ago
    its funny how us developers build varied UX, but nothing beats the simplicity of HN&#x27;s default experience. quick and bloat free.
    • latchkey6 minutes ago
      That&#x27;s the beauty of this extension, it keeps things simple.
  • cobbman16 minutes ago
    I want hacker news UX to stay as it is, mostly, but these are features I&#x27;d welcome.
    • latchkey9 minutes ago
      Thanks. My feeling as well.
  • Imustaskforhelp1 hour ago
    I use refined Hacker news Extension.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;plibither8&#x2F;refined-hacker-news#highlights" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;plibither8&#x2F;refined-hacker-news#highlights</a><p>It might be beneficial to tell me what the difference between these two can be? A lot of the features from my first glance (I can be totally wrong though) are within HN refined.<p>I would really appreciate a short summary of differences. Personally I am really happy by HN refined though so kudos to @plibither8
    • latchkey11 minutes ago
      Refined hasn&#x27;t received an update in 4 years.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;plibither8&#x2F;refined-hacker-news&#x2F;issues&#x2F;135#issuecomment-3795584312" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;plibither8&#x2F;refined-hacker-news&#x2F;issues&#x2F;135...</a><p>I used refined for years as well. Great product, but the underlying code was meh, and the author abandoned it. If you&#x27;re using refined today, you&#x27;re experiencing a lot of bugs as the HN DOM has changed over time.<p>I maintained my own fork for a long time but finally motivated myself to try out AI assisted coding and this is what came out of it. It isn&#x27;t a port, it is a clean rewrite from the ground up.<p>I took every feature that I enjoyed from refined, re-implemented it from scratch, with a totally different architecture that allows much more control over the DOM and runs a whole lot faster.<p>I had AI write hundreds of of unit tests, so that we can make sure that bugs don&#x27;t appear in the future. I also fixed a whole ton of edge cases along the way.<p>The entire deployment, all the way to the browser stores, is fully automated with CI&#x2F;CD, so that we know that the supply chain is safe.<p>In other words, you might as well migrate. If there is something missing that you enjoyed, file an issue, or even better... a PR.
  • Isolated_Routes16 minutes ago
    This is helpful! Thank you