Hacker News UX

Hacker News UX

Hacker News user experience enhancement

What is Hacker News UX?
Hacker News UX is a Firefox add-on that enhances your experience with Hacker News. It provides features like auto-load and columns for easier browsing, dynamic reply for commenting without page refresh, profile pop-ups and column view for easier exploration, secure and private browsing, and a history feature. Install now to enhance your Hacker News user experience!
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Stats
By: HNUX
Users: 15
Rating: 5.00 (1)
Version: 2.0.2 (Last updated: 2023-05-27)
Creation date: 2023-05-26
Weekly download count: NaN
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • unlimitedStorage
Host permissions:
  • https://news.ycombinator.com/*
  • http://news.ycombinator.net/*
  • http://news.ycombinator.org/*
  • http://news.ycombinator.com/*
Size: 96.43K
URLs: Website
Stats date:

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Summary

Hacker News UX v2, enhances your experience with Hacker News.

Check out the demo video, and screenshots to get a glimpse of the features!

How to enable on Firefox

  1. Install the extension

  2. Then visit HN

  3. Then click the puzzle icon on top-right corner, to grant permissions

  4. On the menu, next to HNUX extension item, click the settings icon, and then grant permission to allow all the time

  5. Auto-Load, and Columns Browse lists with auto-load, and columns, enhancing surfacing of interesting content.

  6. Dynamic Reply

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User reviews
I find it super convenient how it goes about changing the layout of hacker-news. It would be cool to be able to integrate other themes as well.
by Jostino, 2024-01-30
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Safety
Risk impact

Hacker News UX is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Hacker News UX is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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