What extensions do you use to make your time on HN better?<p>I remember using one before that changed the colors, and had extra features like folding comment threads. I can't seem to find it now though.
Hacker News Enhancement Suite for Chrome<p><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhancement-s/bappiabcodbpphnojdiaddhnilfnjmpm" rel="nofollow">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhanc...</a>
I use greasemonkey scripts:<p><a href="https://gist.github.com/kennethrapp/7a21c0187fedd6f47e7c" rel="nofollow">https://gist.github.com/kennethrapp/7a21c0187fedd6f47e7c</a><p>highlights lines beginning with ">", which helps differentiating quoted replies from comment text. And yes, the idea comes from imageboards, but a lot of people on HN use that syntax in their comments.<p><a href="https://gist.github.com/kennethrapp/5b5e413220afb93c9c93" rel="nofollow">https://gist.github.com/kennethrapp/5b5e413220afb93c9c93</a><p>removes fading from downvoted and dead comments and text posts.
On Safari I use hckr news[0]. It highlights new comments in threads I've already visited, and allows collapsing. There is also the option use the homepage there, but I just use the normal one.<p>[0]: <a href="http://hckrnews.com/about.html#extensions" rel="nofollow">http://hckrnews.com/about.html#extensions</a>
I am a fan of Gerogify which focuses on the typography of the site. I think it makes it a lot more readable.<p><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/georgify/ofjfdfaleomlfanfehgblppafkijjhmi?hl=en" rel="nofollow">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/georgify/ofjfdfale...</a>
Hacker News Room <a href="http://hackernewsroom.com" rel="nofollow">http://hackernewsroom.com</a> is a web-based HN reader, built on the official HN API. It's not a browser extension, but it has some nice features including folding comments. And it works well in all modern browsers.<p>Disclaimer: I built it.
Collapse comments is pretty light and makes reading comments easier.<p><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collapsible-c/hockhafcdegocajmjhafgjncjpodihkd" rel="nofollow">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collap...</a>
If Chrome, you may be thinking about HackerNew: <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlndihpmbbgmbpjohilcphbfhddd" rel="nofollow">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlnd...</a>
HN Utility Suite on firefox: <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/hn-utility-suite/" rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/hn-utility-su...</a>
Hacker News: Mark All Read [1]<p>[1] <a href="https://github.com/GMouron/HNMarkAllRead" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/GMouron/HNMarkAllRead</a>