Comments Owl for Hacker News

Highlight new comments, mute users, and other tweaks for Hacker News

These are versions of this script where the code was updated. Show all versions.

  • v47 2023-10-19
    • Added an option to disable or require confirmation for hiding on list pages
    • Added an option to increase the contrast of submission text (enabled by default)
  • v46 2023-08-03

    Don't hide comment nav links, as this also contains edit and other useful controls

  • v45 2023-07-17
    • User notes are now edited via a textarea which saves on blur - removed the Add/Edit/Save buttons
    • Changes to user mutes and notes are now synced to profile pages open in any other tabs/windows
    • Fixed clobbering user mute and note changes made in other open tabs/windows
  • v44 2023-07-16

    Fixed "unflag" links on /flagged being affeted by the Flagging feature - it now leaves them alone

  • v43 2023-07-15

    New

    • Added a Safari version for iOS and macOS
    • Added specific support for the mobile version
      • Added an option to avoid accidental flagging while scrolling, by removing the flag button or having it require confirmation
      • Added a workaround to prevent Safari on iPhone zooming in when fields are focused on the login screen
      • Improved the navigation bar by displaying it below the rest of the header contents instead
      • Increased the distance between the upvote and downvote arrow (when you have it)
      • Improved styling of the highlighting/collapsing and manual comment hiding controls
      • Mute controls are always shown on mobile
      • Hid comment next/prev etc. navigation links as they might be trying to scroll to items we've hidden
      • Made the collapse/expand toggle target slightly larger on mobile
      • Allowed comments to go right to the edge on mobile - at some specific widths there is currently a gap
    • Added a user notes feature - add/edit notes on a user's profile page; the first line will be displayed next to their comments
      • Tip: Use Ctrl+Enter or Cmd+Return as a shortcut on desktop to save notes
    • Added an option to disable automatic auto-collapsing of comment threads without new items when you revisit an item
    • Added options to hide some of the more niche navigation items, like "past" and "comments"
    • Added support for more list pages
    • Added a fake /muted user profile page for logged-out users to manage their mutes
    • Added a browser action button for quick access to options

    Changed

    • Changed name from HN Comments Owl to Comments Owl for Hacker News because the App Store loves (and often requires) a good "for"
    • Changed the extension icon to one in the same style as Control Panel for Twitter
    • Changed the manual comment highlighting controls to not be displayed by default - the item now has a new "highlight comments" link
    • Changed the mute control to not display on collapsed comments
    • Changed collapsed comments without children to display nothing, instead of "(0 children)"
    • Manual comment highlighting now takes mutes into account

    Fixed

    • Fixed toggling display of reply links via the context menu
    • Fixed extra vertical space when comments are collapsed
    • Fixed position of the /upvoted link on pages which add their own item to the end of the navigation links
    • Fixed children of muted or collapsed comments being reshown if a parent comment is collapsed then expanded
    • Fixed displaying mute controls on deleted comments
    • Fixed child counts on collapsed comments being incorrect if they're affected by muting a user on the current page
    • Fixed /bestcomments being detected as a list page
    • Fixed some list pages not being detected as such
  • v42 2022-10-05

    Fixed displaying the number of new comments on item list pages

  • v41 2022-10-05

    Fix for a markup change

  • v40 2022-02-11

    Users can now be muted directly from their comments - hover to reveal the mute control

  • v39 2020-08-12 Add user blocking
  • v34 2019-08-18 Imported from URL
  • v38 2019-08-18 Bugfix for the last bugfix
  • v37 2019-08-18 Fix issue auto collapsing comments on page load
  • v36 2019-08-17 Removed some extension-only code
  • v35 2019-08-17 This version is backwards-imcompatible with old visit data: using the extension version from hn-comments-owl; fixes handling of pre-folded comments
  • v34 2017-11-17 Imported from URL
  • v33 2016-12-18 Imported from URL
  • v30 2016-09-22 Imported from URL
  • v26 2016-07-12 Imported from URL
  • v23 2016-03-22 Imported from URL
  • v22 2016-03-18 Imported from URL
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  • v22 2016-03-18