Modern for Hacker News

A redesigned web interface for Hacker News. Enhance your Hacker News experience with a beautiful, clean, modern design that's fully customizable.
What is Modern for Hacker News?
'Modern for Hacker News' is a Firefox add-on that personalizes your Hacker News experience with a clean, contemporary design. Installing this extension automatically applies enhanced features to existing Hacker News pages without requiring any additional effort. It supports all current functionalities of Hacker News while introducing improved attributes such as customizable themes, fonts and styles, improved comment experience, accessible user account features via menu, and an optional one-click switchback to the old design. Regular updates keep the add-on aligned with the changes in Hacker News HTML. The add-on is not endorsed by, affiliated with, or sponsored by Y Combinator.
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Add-on stats

Users: 807 ▲ 19
Rating: 4.38 (21)
Version: 1.14 (Last updated: 2022-11-13)
Creation date: 2022-09-07
Weekly download count: 20
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • storage
  • unlimitedStorage
  • *://news.ycombinator.com/*
  • https://extensionpay.com/*
  • https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/*
Size: 7.23M

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# 3467 ▲ 26
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Enhance your Hacker News experience with a beautiful, clean, modern design that's fully customizable.

Once installed, this extension will simply apply the new look and features to existing Hacker News pages, without you having to do anything.

All current features on Hacker News are supported, this extension simply builds upon the existing interface to offer many improvements, including:

✔ Themes (light, classic HN, slate, dark, black) ✔ Fonts (sans, serif, change font size) ✔ Styles (column width, line height) ✔ History (quickly jump to stories you've previously viewed) ✔ Comments (inline reply + many other improvements) ✔ Index (switch between list / table view, customize columns) ✔ User accounts (all HN account features accessible from menu) ✔ Switch back to the old design (if needed) with one click ✔ More improvements planned for upcoming releases!

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Great looking and polished design
  • Highly customizable options
  • Modern look aligning with new website standards
Cons
  • Only works on the front page, not on subsequent pages
  • Issues with login functionality when the extension is enabled
  • Lack of updates and possible abandonment of the extension
Most mentioned
  • Styling issues
  • Limited functionality beyond the front page
  • Concerns about developer transparency
Recent reviews
by vdesmond, 2024-10-02
by Finne, 2024-07-30
by Mohit, 2024-04-15
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Modern for Hacker News requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Modern for Hacker News has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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