I can recommend Refined Hacker News by plibither8 (<a href="https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news</a>). I added a "collapse root comment" module which does just that. The addon itself has tons of other useful features, and is still pretty lightweight
Slightly off-topic, but, does anyone have a tip/tool for actually making it through a long thread (such as "who's hiring") in multiple sessions? I have trouble saving my spot if I leave the tab for too long, or if I navigate away, and then come back with the back button. It's possible I've never seen beyond page 2 because it's such a slog and I often have limited time.
I only use Chrome for work. Since they perma-stopped my ability to cease the video autoplay and back when I would turn it off, it would somehow get itself turned on again, I stopped using it as my 'leisure browser' at home and at work during lunchtime.<p>Any hopes for some HN-y Firefox plugins?
Ha, I made something similar last year <a href="https://github.com/AlexBHarley/skipper" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/AlexBHarley/skipper</a>.<p>It adds a keyboard shortcut to take you to the next top level comment. I think it's broken now because I did it in a really hacky way.<p>When you get tired of a comment chain in a thread click two (or three, I forgrt) keys and bam, you're into the next conversation.
I think that should be the default, all parents collapsed. Very neat. If you want a quick preview, you can copy the code on this page[1] from the GitHub repo directly and paste it on the console. Works on Firefox too.<p>[1] <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marcosnils/orange-juicer/main/core.js" rel="nofollow">https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marcosnils/orange-juicer/m...</a>
This actually gives me an idea for just the thread page itself. Default collapsed threads that you can expand to show comments.<p>Illustration: <a href="https://i.imgur.com/NrR8TVR.png" rel="nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/NrR8TVR.png</a><p>*The comments and thread are unrelated. I just picked random ones from a thread I was on.
One thing I truly want HN to add is a button like <a href="https://apolloapp.io" rel="nofollow">https://apolloapp.io</a> or official reddit app have that lets you go down/up the top threads quickly. Usually its in the bottom right corner.<p>Super useful when browsing on mobile.