This fixes a few issues with the script by Alexander Kirk [1], like collapsed child comments expanding when the parent is expanded. In addition to these this script will work in the threads page of hacker news. Also this bookmarklet will load faster than the script by Alexander since there is no call to any external JS file from my server. The only file you have to load is the latest jQuery from the jQuery website and chances are good that the file is already present in your browser cache. (The downside is that you will not be able to get the latest version when I update the code).
Thanks for picking this up. I have been bugging pg quite a few times to integrate it, but so far he hasn't had time (or interest in doing so). I hope the recurring posts on Hacker News will up this in his list of priorities :)
Just one remark about the external script: My server is configured to serve the JS file with far future expires header. Once your browser has that file, it won't even ask my server for it, so that shouldn't be a performance hit (actually your script also loads an external script, jQuery, but from a location that does not set the far future expires headers, you should use the ajax.googleapis.com server)
As long as it doesn't lead down the path of auto-buried comments, then I'm all for it.
I hated Reddit and Digg for burying unpopular comments, especially when they're the start of a discussion. I remember getting 8 buried comments in a string and the discussion still going, it made the whole thing asinine. Unpopular comments still deserve being readable without extra action otherwise we lose huge swathes of what makes HN great - like insightful and thoroughly thought responses.
For people who don't know there's a link at the bottom of the pages labeled "Feature Requests". I''m on a phone but I'll add a direct link when I get to a pc. [Edit: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=363] The page doesn't seem to be completely dead but I'm not sure how much love/attention it gets.
I personally don't like this. On reddit for example, I find I have to spend an inordinate amount of time uncollapsing comments and threads to see if there's something interesting to see. Most of the time there isn't, but if it wasn't collapsed I could quickly scan and see that. One of the things I really really like about HN is that comments are not collapsed.
You're still alive? ;) Please please please can you add the following to the app:
* make it work with iOS 4 multitasking (so leaving the app and coming back doesn't cause it to restart and you lose your place)
* Add an option to email a page (in addition to the existing "readability" and "open in safari" options). An instapaper option would also be nice but I don't want to get greedy :)
As it is now, if you want to read something later, you have to open it in safari, then email it to yourself or add it to instapaper, then return to the app, where you've lost your place because of the aforementioned lack of multitasking.
Thanks for the otherwise-wonderful app, though -- I use it all the time.
Thanks for this. Collapsible comments are one of the two biggest things I miss from reddit when on HN (the other being some form of notification that someone has replied to you).
To be notified when someone replies to me I use Notifo (http://notifo.com/) and put my Notifo username in my HN profile. I don't think you need a mobile device to use Notifo, you can install a desktop app that provides notifications when you get a reply. http://notifo.com/desktop
I think I'd prefer a desktop app over email. I don't get a lot of replies here, largely due to my infrequent commenting, but I'd hate to randomly hit upon a popular comment and be flooded with 20 emails while I'm out.
Damn, my comment is collapsed in the screenshot. There go my 15 minutes of fame...
This fixes a few issues with the script by Alexander Kirk [1], like collapsed child comments expanding when the parent is expanded. In addition to these this script will work in the threads page of hacker news. Also this bookmarklet will load faster than the script by Alexander since there is no call to any external JS file from my server. The only file you have to load is the latest jQuery from the jQuery website and chances are good that the file is already present in your browser cache. (The downside is that you will not be able to get the latest version when I update the code).
[1] http://alexander.kirk.at/2010/02/16/collapsible-threads-for-...
Thanks for picking this up. I have been bugging pg quite a few times to integrate it, but so far he hasn't had time (or interest in doing so). I hope the recurring posts on Hacker News will up this in his list of priorities :)
Just one remark about the external script: My server is configured to serve the JS file with far future expires header. Once your browser has that file, it won't even ask my server for it, so that shouldn't be a performance hit (actually your script also loads an external script, jQuery, but from a location that does not set the far future expires headers, you should use the ajax.googleapis.com server)
This is nice. I, for one, would like to see this enabled by default. It's minimally intrusive and has simple, obvious utility.
pg, care to incorporate this in to HN? (maybe as an opt-in option)
As long as it doesn't lead down the path of auto-buried comments, then I'm all for it.
I hated Reddit and Digg for burying unpopular comments, especially when they're the start of a discussion. I remember getting 8 buried comments in a string and the discussion still going, it made the whole thing asinine. Unpopular comments still deserve being readable without extra action otherwise we lose huge swathes of what makes HN great - like insightful and thoroughly thought responses.
I added it to the feature request page.
For people who don't know there's a link at the bottom of the pages labeled "Feature Requests". I''m on a phone but I'll add a direct link when I get to a pc. [Edit: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=363] The page doesn't seem to be completely dead but I'm not sure how much love/attention it gets.
it is incorporated into HN, as an opt-in option (see the script above)
I personally don't like this. On reddit for example, I find I have to spend an inordinate amount of time uncollapsing comments and threads to see if there's something interesting to see. Most of the time there isn't, but if it wasn't collapsed I could quickly scan and see that. One of the things I really really like about HN is that comments are not collapsed.
Is this something people would like added to the HN iPhone app I built? I've considered it and built a demos, but I'm not sure it's needed.
http://michaelgrinich.com/hackernews/
You're still alive? ;) Please please please can you add the following to the app:
* make it work with iOS 4 multitasking (so leaving the app and coming back doesn't cause it to restart and you lose your place)
* Add an option to email a page (in addition to the existing "readability" and "open in safari" options). An instapaper option would also be nice but I don't want to get greedy :)
As it is now, if you want to read something later, you have to open it in safari, then email it to yourself or add it to instapaper, then return to the app, where you've lost your place because of the aforementioned lack of multitasking.
Thanks for the otherwise-wonderful app, though -- I use it all the time.
thanks for the feedback, and glad to hear people are still using the app. :-)
I'll get this update shipped soon. If you have any other suggestions or bugs, please email me.
I just submitted this to the App Store, so it should show up in a week or so.
PS - IMHO, I don't think collapsible comments are needed in your app -- hacker news threads rarely get to the size/nested-ness of reddit threads.
Works beautifully, I'll be using this. Thanks
added to "browser extensions" section at http://hnresources.com/apps/
Thanks for adding Hacker Newsletter to your listing... I hadn't noticed that until now.
Thanks for this. Collapsible comments are one of the two biggest things I miss from reddit when on HN (the other being some form of notification that someone has replied to you).
To be notified when someone replies to me I use Notifo (http://notifo.com/) and put my Notifo username in my HN profile. I don't think you need a mobile device to use Notifo, you can install a desktop app that provides notifications when you get a reply. http://notifo.com/desktop
You can set email notifications up, so you don't need a mobile device or a desktop application.
I think I'd prefer a desktop app over email. I don't get a lot of replies here, largely due to my infrequent commenting, but I'd hate to randomly hit upon a popular comment and be flooded with 20 emails while I'm out.
I find that the hckrnews extension: http://hckrnews.com/about.html works well for me for doing this.