Show HN: Collapse Comments on Hacker News

This should be a standard feature in HN.<p>The other pain point is the up&#x2F;down arrows being so close to each other on mobile that I have to zoom in, vote, then zoom out.

I&#x27;m pretty happy with &quot;Hacker News Enhancement Suite&quot;, it supports this and few other nice things. [0]<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chrome.google.com&#x2F;webstore&#x2F;detail&#x2F;hacker-news-enhancement-s&#x2F;bappiabcodbpphnojdiaddhnilfnjmpm" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chrome.google.com&#x2F;webstore&#x2F;detail&#x2F;hacker-news-enhanc...</a>

Similar add-on for Firefox: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;addons.mozilla.org&#x2F;en-US&#x2F;firefox&#x2F;addon&#x2F;hn-utility-suite&#x2F;?src=search" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;addons.mozilla.org&#x2F;en-US&#x2F;firefox&#x2F;addon&#x2F;hn-utility-su...</a>

I use this one (supports Chrome and Safari):<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;hckrnews.com&#x2F;about.html#extensions" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;hckrnews.com&#x2F;about.html#extensions</a><p>It has collapsing, and it also highlights unread comments.

This is nice. One feature I&#x27;d like in HN is a max comment depth that is collapsed by default. Often a lot of scrolling is needed to get past a controversial thread that has a lot of replies, but doesn&#x27;t discuss something relevant or informative. People end up replying to the top thread even for a different topic, because they feel that is the only way to get seen.

Re-Submitted because I uploaded it to the chrome web store, had some reports of people not being able to enable it or install it because of some recent security changes.<p>Just a tiny little extension that lets you collapse comments on HN. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.<p>Here&#x27;s the github link if you&#x27;re interested <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Igglyboo&#x2F;hn_collapse" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Igglyboo&#x2F;hn_collapse</a>

I like HackerNew<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chrome.google.com&#x2F;webstore&#x2F;detail&#x2F;hackernew&#x2F;lgoghlndihpmbbgmbpjohilcphbfhddd?hl=en" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chrome.google.com&#x2F;webstore&#x2F;detail&#x2F;hackernew&#x2F;lgoghlnd...</a>

<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.premii.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.premii.com&#x2F;</a>

I use this[1] bookmarklet for the same effect.<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gist.github.com&#x2F;charonn0&#x2F;beae6d3adf1b586409fa" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gist.github.com&#x2F;charonn0&#x2F;beae6d3adf1b586409fa</a>

I had submitted a similar script, among others a few days ago. It is a user script and can be used on Firefox w&#x2F; Greasemonkey and Chrome w&#x2F; Tampermonkey: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;raw.githubusercontent.com&#x2F;PauliusLabanauskis&#x2F;UserScripts&#x2F;master&#x2F;src&#x2F;comment_collapser.user.js" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;raw.githubusercontent.com&#x2F;PauliusLabanauskis&#x2F;UserScr...</a>

Looks quite similar in behaviour to one I&#x27;ve been using previously: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chrome.google.com&#x2F;webstore&#x2F;detail&#x2F;hacker-news-collapsible-c&#x2F;hockhafcdegocajmjhafgjncjpodihkd" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chrome.google.com&#x2F;webstore&#x2F;detail&#x2F;hacker-news-collap...</a>

I&#x27;ve used <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chrome.google.com&#x2F;webstore&#x2F;detail&#x2F;hacker-news-collapsible-c&#x2F;hockhafcdegocajmjhafgjncjpodihkd" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chrome.google.com&#x2F;webstore&#x2F;detail&#x2F;hacker-news-collap...</a> for a while, does this have any extra features?

I had been using hn.premii.com in order to get a better browsing experience, but it was annoying that I couldn&#x27;t comment on there. I&#x27;m not sure why I hadn&#x27;t thought to look for chrome extensions to enhance HN, but I&#x27;m glad that I found them!

I use this one: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chrome.google.com&#x2F;webstore&#x2F;detail&#x2F;hacker-news-collapse&#x2F;bbkfcamiocfccgmcjngdljolljhifdph" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chrome.google.com&#x2F;webstore&#x2F;detail&#x2F;hacker-news-collap...</a>

Thank you! This is great and doesn&#x27;t do anything I don&#x27;t care about!

Is there a way to sandbox a chrome extension to a specific domain (or know that an extension is only allowed to work on a specific domain)?

Still missing: an extension that will open links in a frame, keeping comments below (or rather to the side, in the age of widescreen).

Love it. Suggestion: persist the collapse state to `localStorage`. This is enabled on Reddit through a Chrome Extension as well.

The voting buttons should probably disappear for minimized comments.

Works great, thanks!

Thank you!

Thanks for this! I was using an old extension for this that broke with the HN redesign a few months back.

No, wait! I thought only grandma uses chrome and that the HN users care about freedom and use firefox&#x2F;dillo&#x2F;icecat&#x2F;whatever. My wrong.