Modern for Hacker News

A redesigned web interface for Hacker News.

What is Modern for Hacker News?

Modern for Hacker News is a Chrome extension developed by https://modernhn.com, and its main feature is "A redesigned web interface for Hacker News.".

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Extension Usage Instructions

                        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 – adjust column width, line height, justify text
✔ History – quickly jump to stories you've previously viewed
✔ Comments – inline reply + many other improvements 
✔ Index – switch between list / table view, customize columns
✔ Profiles – new design with tabs, clickable links etc
✔ Accounts – all HN account features supported
✔ Switch back to the old design (if needed) with one click
✔ More improvements planned for upcoming releases! 

If you have any questions, need help or have any suggestions, please get in touch: [email protected]

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This extension is not endorsed by, affiliated with, or sponsored by Y Combinator.


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Updates:

v1.14
- Fixed bugs due to HTML changes on HN
- Fixed score not being shown for your own comments

v1.12
- Fixed bugs due to HTML changes on HN

v1.11
- Fixed favorites not being saved
- Fade visited links + added setting to toggle
- Added setting to toggle showing icons on hover
- Added prev / next to comment menu

v1.1
- Bug fixes

v1.0
- First version                    

Extension Basic Information

Name Modern for Hacker News Modern for Hacker News
ID dabkegjlekdcmefifaolmdhnhdcplklo
Official URL https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/modern-for-hacker-news/dabkegjlekdcmefifaolmdhnhdcplklo
Description A redesigned web interface for Hacker News.
File Size 6.79 MB
Installation Count 5,556
Current Version 1.14
Last Updated 2022-11-15
Publish Date 2022-09-08
Rating 4.52/5 Total 25 Ratings
Developer https://modernhn.com
Email [email protected]
Payment Type in_app
Help Page URL https://www.modernhn.com/contact
Privacy Policy Page URL https://www.modernredesigns.com/privacy.html
Supported Languages en
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