Bookmarklets to Sort Hacker News' Comments

by TimothyBurgess • 15 years ago

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(I actually posted this earlier under a different title but I don't think anyone saw it.)

A while back I had the urge to sort HN comments and figured a javascript bookmark was the best way to go. My thoughts eventually led me to, "Hmm what other cool stuff can I do to modify my favorite websites?" And then of course that led to, "I'll create a repository for this kinda stuff!"

So I registered the domain jsmods.com a while back and finally had the chance to whip something together last weekend.

The entire site is contained within a single PHP file under 600 lines long, and I don't use any database... just encrypted flat files with file concurrency prevention algorithms.

And I actually didn't find out until yesterday that it's called "bookmarklets." I googled the term afterwards and I must say, the current bookmarklet repository sites out there are horrendous.

However, I think JSmods is the appropriate name as I created it for people to create and share javascript modifications for specific websites, not just the usual any-site-bookmarklet.

I'd like it to be conducive to learning and hacking.

After I get some more submissions I'll add a search function (similar to the instant searches we see everywhere these days) and some other fancy stuff. And I may end up replacing the disqus comment system with my own custom system because the disqus system doesn't work as seamlessly/smoothly as I would like.

Overall it was a pretty fun little project to whip together over the weekend. :)

rch• 15 years ago

I don't want to sign up. For anything, ever. Can you link it to github for accounts and code?

It is a good idea, but running JS like this gives me the creeps.

Don't repost either - it just makes you look even creepier.

TimothyBurgess4• 15 years ago

You don't have to sign up for anything unless you want to rate the bookmarklets. Everything else you can do anonymously. I don't have a github account but I'll look into it tomorrow. Sounds like a good move to make if I want people to trust and use it. Thanks for the suggestion!

And what's wrong with being creepy? >:)

syaz1• 15 years ago

I used to want this feature. Then I realized it's nice to be forced to wade through bad/low vote comments. Sometimes I even find them interesting.

With sorting the higher will be higher (people sort and agree with the higher voted comments, hence voting them up again) and lower remains unread.

TimothyBurgess4• 15 years ago

You can sort them either way. :)

u48998• 15 years ago

I don't understand why there isn't a comment RSS for individual threads at HN?

TimothyBurgess4• 15 years ago

That'd be pretty easy to implement! :O

Bookmarklets to Sort Hacker News' Comments

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