Ask HN: How do you read HN without “mark as read” extension?
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If I'm on the same machine - the links are gray so I just skip them.
Of course, coming home after work means I might just open same links I have opened at work.
Though, I'm not overcomplicating it all.
Of course, coming home after work means I might just open same links I have opened at work.
Though, I'm not overcomplicating it all.
So you open every single link? I read the headlines, open the ones I want to read and then pressing the "mark all as read" was a total blessing because next time I open the page I only look at the "non grey" links.
I guess I could just open all the links but it doesn't seem ideal.
I guess I could just open all the links but it doesn't seem ideal.
I was having the same problem, so I just fixed it, and sent a pull request to the original author. In the meantime, if you don't want to wait for the author, you can just use the temporary extension I published:
https://github.com/guiambros/HNMarkAllRead
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-mark-a...
https://github.com/guiambros/HNMarkAllRead
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-mark-a...
I didn't even notice this. It works great and makes me a very happy camper :)
Do we know why the addon stopped working? It doesn't seem to be linked to a browser update.
On Firefox, I can middle-click on articles I don't want to read and delete all the tabs in a row. They appear in gray next time I visit HN. It works but it is cumbersome...
It may be possible to write a script to save the current page source code, extract all the links it contains, send a "GET" to them and hope they will appear in grey in HN, as if we actually clicked on them. I would like to be able to do it and share it.
(edit) just saw iisbum dit it ;)
On Firefox, I can middle-click on articles I don't want to read and delete all the tabs in a row. They appear in gray next time I visit HN. It works but it is cumbersome...
It may be possible to write a script to save the current page source code, extract all the links it contains, send a "GET" to them and hope they will appear in grey in HN, as if we actually clicked on them. I would like to be able to do it and share it.
(edit) just saw iisbum dit it ;)
I just read it once a day — because I have shit to do. So revisiting old stories is rarely a problem.
I wrote my own app for doing this, but not just for hacker news, also for designers news, product hunt and few other websites that provide an API.
I did http://www.appblit.com/hn but I usually read HN on my iphone using iHackerNews.com
This addon has stopped working a few days ago and I can't find a replacement.
How do you guys read Hackernews? Am I missing something? Do you "manually" scan the list for new entries every time you visit?
Thanks for your time.