What is HN Special - An addition to Hacker News?

HN Special - An addition to Hacker News is a Chrome extension developed by hn-special-publishing, and its main feature is "This extension refreshes the visual style of Hacker News and adds a few features, like infinite scrolling. Everything is toggleable.".

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Extension Usage Instructions

HN Special adds a completely new visual style to Hacker News and a few new features, such as:
- Infinite scrolling
- Open links in new tabs
- More accurate domain names
- Comment folding
- Mark as read
- Sticky header

Even more features are going to come in the future!

You can choose which features you want to enable right from the settings menu. If you want, you can also disable the visual style and keep the rest of the features enabled.

This extension is completely open source. If you wish to add a new feature or make some changes, feel free to contribute to it on GitHub! https://github.com/gabrielecirulli/hn-special

Extension Basic Information

Name	HN Special - An addition to Hacker News
ID	cchaceegbflphbdpfocjalgjhjoahiia
Official URL	https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hn-special-an-addition-to/cchaceegbflphbdpfocjalgjhjoahiia
Description	This extension refreshes the visual style of Hacker News and adds a few features, like infinite scrolling. Everything is toggleable.
File Size	834 KB
Installation Count	1,255
Current Version	1.4.11
Last Updated	2022-10-05
Publish Date	2017-12-18
Rating	4.73/5 Total 55 Ratings
Developer	hn-special-publishing
Email	[email protected]
Payment Type	free
Extension Website	http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/hn-special/
Help Page URL	https://github.com/gabrielecirulli/hn-special
Supported Languages	en-US
manifest.json
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