HN Special — A Hacker News extension

A theme and extension for Hacker News that improves the look and feel and adds some interesting features.

The available features can be enabled or disabled based on your personal preference. New feature contributions are welcome!

You can install this extension from the Chrome Web Store.

Features

A modern looking visual theme
Infinite scrolling
Open links in new tab
More accurate domain names
Mark as read (thanks to @taeram)
Sticky header (thanks to @obeattie)
Grey visited links (thanks to @bjenik)
User information tooltips (thanks to sebmck)
Firefox support (thanks to PxlBuzzard and ColdenCullen)

Installing

Chrome

Go ahead and install HN Special from the Chrome Web Store.

Firefox

For now, download the .xpi from the Releases section.

Contributing

Please see the contributing guide »

Notable mentions

Many thanks to @taeram, @obeattie, @bjenik, sebmck and @messaged for the contributions!

License

HN Special is licensed under the MIT License.