Great News.YC Greasemonkey Script

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/9108

by joeguilmette • 19 years ago

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tocomment2• 19 years ago

There's no search on most pages, and I get this error (not sure if it's related):

filter((function (a) {return a.href.indexOf("comments?id=") >= 0;}), articleReferences[i].parentNode.parentNode.nextSibling.getElementsByTagName("a"))[0] has no properties file:///home/.../components/greasemonkey.js Line 556

BTW I'm on Firefox 1.5.

tocomment2• 19 years ago

And you know, I kind of miss the colors and design from the original YC news. This makes it have a white background. Who knows, maybe I'll get used to it.

ed4• 19 years ago

Wow, I'm surprised to see someone dug this up.

A lot has chanced since I hacked this script together and I'd expect that most features are now broken -- take that as a warning!

danteembermage• 19 years ago

I think I spend too much time reading social news; honestly, I misread that as "dugg this up"

ed4• 19 years ago

That's not that bad. Considerably worse are the people who think dig is actually spelled with two g's.

O3d• 19 years ago

Don't feel too bad. I did the same thing :(

nickb• 19 years ago

Ed, you da man! I just loaded it up and it looks amazing! Amazing what Greasemonkey and an awesome hacker can do! Thank you again!

kashif• 19 years ago

I think PG should look at this design, I prefer it to the normal one any day.

pg2• 19 years ago

The main reason it looks better is the white background, which I've been thinking of switching to. Otherwise it's a net lose. That productish look wastes a lot of space at the top of the screen. The current page looks the way it does partly because it works better on small screened mobile devices, which is an important factor for a news site.

cstejerean• 19 years ago

Speaking of mobile devices, the current tiny arrows don't work well at all on a mobile device, especially on the iPhone (since there is no stylus). I have to zoom way in to make sure that I press the right one.

joeguilmette• 19 years ago

i actually dont really even like the color/button changes that much at all.

what i do like is having the threads and the news side by side.

ed4• 19 years ago

Sounds like you should consider selective style sheets for mobile devices. That way you can accommodate small displays and not at the expense of regular users.

While the white background helps, I tried to pay a bit of attention to type size and color contrast as well. The result of this effort is that you immediately know what's important, vs. what's not.

Two other things to consider:

1) Utility pane on the right, which I consider to be a big usability win (thread comments when you want them; your own comments when not on a thread)

2) A visual distinction for discussion threads vs. link threads

bluishgreen• 19 years ago

Color scheme repels. Going back.

akkartik• 19 years ago

In the spirit of 'do one thing and do it well': http://akkartik.name/newsyc-9108.user.js

All it does is add the 2-pane interface, so clicking on a comment link shows comments on the right pane.

Great News.YC Greasemonkey Script

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