Hacker News UX Chrome Extension

Hacker News improve user experience experiment..
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Featured on Mashable! http://mashable.com/2010/12/01/improve-hacker-news-ui/

0. fixed bugs + updated for Google Extensions Manifest v2

1. Shows About in a tooltip when mouse over any username.

2. splits hacker news main page in two columns (left: news, right: newest)

3. When clicking on discussion/comments the page loads on the right column.

- Remembers the last viewed comments page on the right

column, when returning from a clicked page (if not a new tab).

4. The comment/reply is sent dynamically, without needing page refresh.

5. "More" is loaded dynamically in the same page for New/Newest

Updates:

20/1/2011 Fixed a bug with a newest content regexp that made it look empty.

Added: Feature 5

Fixed: Now xhr requests happen in queue, to avoid not loading in case of simultaneous request.

Per the request of http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=sathyabhat, the reply now happens dynamically too.

Added sliding the page to the top, after comments page for a story has loaded.

Per the request of http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=trotsky, the timer for the user pop-up has been increased to avoid being shown by accident.

How to install Hacker News UX chrome extension in chrome Browser

You can Follow the below Step By Step procedure to install the Hacker News UX Chrome Extension to your Chrome Web browser.

• Step 1: Go to the Chrome webstore https://chrome.google.com/webstore or download the extension Hacker News UX Chrome Extension Download from https://pluginsaddonsextensions.com
• Step 2: Now search for the Hacker News UX in Chrome Webstore Search and click on the search button.
• Step 3: click on the Hacker News UX Chrome Extension Link
• Step 4: in the next page click on the Add to Chrome button to Download and Install the Hacker News UX extension for your Chrome Web browser .