Hacker News ++

Five chrome extensions to get the most out of Hacker News. Including tl;drs of links, keyboard shortcuts, comment collapsing and more!

Links:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ohmamcbkcmfalompaelgoepcnbnpiioe
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/daljejehnbbbhjlecjgafnnfgilbkdhj
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nkeegljkkibjiiaehmjfncdbkbbgdojb
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bbkfcamiocfccgmcjngdljolljhifdph
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mombaccochlhdjfihfnamdpehcjmncmh

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1. HACKER NEWS ++ 5 Chrome extensions to turbocharge Hacker News
2. The Hacker News UX is very minimalistic, which makes it easy to improve upon. Here are 5 Chrome extensions that will make it much better and more efficient.
3. THE FIVE EXTENSIONS • tl;dr • Hacker Face • Hacker News Hotkeys • Hacker News Collapse • Hacker News Show Parent Comment
4. Just hover on the little tl;dr badges to enjoy summaries written by the community. Stop opening 2355 useless background tabs. tl;dr
5. HACKER FACE Rapportive for Hacker News: find more about Hacker News users by hovering on their screen name
6. HACKER NEWS HOTKEYS Use GMail keyboard shortcuts to accelerate the browsing of Hacker News: • j — move down • k — move up • o — open / view comments • enter — same as above • r — reply to comment or post. Only works on article pages • w — upvote (win) • s — downvote
7. HACKER NEWS COLLAPSE Adds little [+] and [-] to enable you to collapse comments on Hacker News threads
8. HACKER NEWS SHOW PARENT COMMENT Hover on “show parent” and it pops up the parent comment.