Hackers New (khpjpigbdlgncbapkpbcfnhllafjgkgf): Show items from HN's /newest page on the Hacker News front page.... Read More > or Download Now >
Hackers New for Chrome
Tech Specs
- • Type: Browser Extension
- • Latest Version: 1.0.5
- • Price: Freeware
- • Offline: No
- • Developer: Rodney Folz
User Reviews
- • Rating Average
- 5 out of 5
- • Rating Users
- 1
Download Count
- • Total Downloads
- 11
- • Current Version Downloads
- 11
- • Updated: November 14, 2016
Hackers New is a free Social & Communication Extension for Chrome. You could download the latest version crx file and install it.
More About Hackers New
A simple browser extension for Firefox and Chrome that adds items from HN's /newest page to the front page. These stories are chosen at random from /newest and get re-chosen every fifteen minutes. You can upvote them from the front page just like you would from /newest.
(The highlight in the screenshot is edited to draw attention to the new story; this extension doesn't change how HN is styled.)
Donations: 1KZ23Sm35C7Xjk9kV2VxCM7xscnsU9Huha
Explanation of permissions:
Host permissions: hacker-news.firebaseio.com and news.ycombinator.com. The first host is required to access the HN api and fetch new stories. The second host is required to display new stories on the front page.
alarms: Required to trigger the periodic fetching of new stories.
storage: Required to persist data for new stories after we fetch them, so that displaying them on the front page is snappy.
I take privacy seriously and your data is never shared with anyone. The extension is open-source at https://github.com/folz/hackers-new so that you can verify this claim.
(The highlight in the screenshot is edited to draw attention to the new story; this extension doesn't change how HN is styled.)
Donations: 1KZ23Sm35C7Xjk9kV2VxCM7xscnsU9Huha
Explanation of permissions:
Host permissions: hacker-news.firebaseio.com and news.ycombinator.com. The first host is required to access the HN api and fetch new stories. The second host is required to display new stories on the front page.
alarms: Required to trigger the periodic fetching of new stories.
storage: Required to persist data for new stories after we fetch them, so that displaying them on the front page is snappy.
I take privacy seriously and your data is never shared with anyone. The extension is open-source at https://github.com/folz/hackers-new so that you can verify this claim.
