A "HN Labs" style concept would be amazing. I know it probably goes against the HN mentality, but a gmail style label system would be so useful. "Javascript", "Press", "Databasing" etc.
Pretty cool! Any way to make it remember my sort order (just a cookie or something?). If I sort, then click a site (rather than open a new tab) and go back it will have forgotten my order. Not a big issue but could be nice, especially for those that might want the same sort order each time they visit.
Is there any way to get a "raw HN feed"? I imagine there are a number of interesting hacks which could be made given real-time access to a stream of submissions and votes.
This is interesting. I have been thinking along the lines of sort/filter considering the massive volume of good stuff that goes through this site.<p><a href="http://cin-o-matic.com/on-video.php" rel="nofollow">http://cin-o-matic.com/on-video.php</a> has a fantastic filtering system for movies. Some of these things could be incorporated into hnsort.
Instead of a selectable "by-field" comparison, can we have a "formula" box at the top that lets us write our own comparison function? I think that'd be a lot more fun for us here to play with—we might start trying to optimize it ;)