I upvoted this like I try to do for most good effort/well-intentioned Show HN's, but I wasn't planning on installing it since I had customized my HN settings to make my HN usage as discrete as possible, with `topcolor` set to #f6f6ef (wish bodycolor was also a setting so I could just make the header and the HN body #eeeeee!).<p>But after reading some of the other comments I decided to add the plugin and am feeling that I won't regret it :) Not only do I love the use of pink in general, I love this theme's particular choices, such as the blue accent for the headline links and the muted pink for visited links for even better minimalist readability. The minimized header is a also nice touch (though maybe `new`, `threads`, and `submit` deserve emphasis -- at least based on my habits). And I guess if I want my web browser not to scream "HACKER NEWS READER" to anyone looking over my shoulder, a theme that hides the "Hacker News" header in addition to adding a pink explosion will do the trick. Thanks!
Personally I find HackerNew [1] to be quite a sensible addition to the HN theme.<p>[1] <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlndihpmbbgmbpjohilcphbfhddd?hl=en" rel="nofollow">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlnd...</a>
Instant upvote to anyone who forks it to append cat and giggle emojis to any post that references the chrome extension.<p>"Why is HNCutePlus on Hacker news?" <i>giggles</i> <i>kittens</i>
Nice work, and thanks for sharing! I think your repo serves as a great example of how simple a Chrome extension can be, so it has value as reference material.
Just an idea, but maybe at a high karma threshold, logged in users can reference a cross-origin style sheet, via linked URL?<p>User profile page would need to be a safe page, so users don't lock themselves out with wonky styles.<p>Also, stern warnings about privacy surrounding referrer headers and basic ad tech concepts like tracking pixels. Although browser extensions are just as deadly or worse.
I like it, there are some colors that are still present like the comments view still has the orange and red colors here and there. I will keep it installed and look for updates :)<p>One request would be to make the font sizes a bit bigger, maybe different font families as well!
I've updated my Greasemonkey plugin that makes some minor changes to HN's text layout. It unfades faded comments, highlights inline quotes (prefaced with '>') and improves readability.<p>It's very small and uses calls to HN's own javascript. Too small to be worth its own post but .. this seemed like a good thread to post it as a comment.<p><a href="https://openuserjs.org/scripts/kennethrapp/Hacker_News_Text_Tweaks" rel="nofollow">https://openuserjs.org/scripts/kennethrapp/Hacker_News_Text_...</a>
I like the color theme but dislike how everything seems more spaced out.<p>Also as a female, maybe not very professionnal after all. Rather have people recognize HN on my browser than wonder what girly stuff I might do.
It'd probably be simpler to do this as a userstyle, since there are many extensions supporting userstyles. Still, if you prefer the WebExtension format that Chrome provides, it's worth noting you could trivially release the same extension for Firefox and Edge, since I'm sure all of the APIs this uses are compatible.
How long will I have to wait for the Firefox port? This extension is yet another way that free software is being shut out of the browser market. And worse, women are being targeted to be locked into proprietary software.<p>Cmon y'all, this is super important. Let's get started on GNU/HNCute!