A Firefox extension for auto-hiding (using the hide link) entries from the Hacker News front page for configured domains.
The extensions adds a new link next to the hide link for adding the domain to the list of domains to hide. Whenever a new story appears on the HN front page from that domain, the user is asked whether or not they want to hide it. If they say yes, the domain is added to the list of domains to hide stories from. If they say no, they are asked if they want to continue hiding stories for the given domain. If they say no, the domain is removed from the list of domains to hide stories from. If they say yes, nothing will happen until the page is reloaded or another story from the same domain is encountered. This edge case is not made nicer in terms of UX because it is not worth doing.
Users can un-hide individual stories from their Hacker News profile page. There is no support for removing domains from the list of domains to hide stories from without being prompted on a given story in the UI the domain contributes. It is possible to manually edit this list in the browser's local storage.
Make sure web-ext is installed: npm run --global web-ext.
Go to AMO and generate an API key and API secret or reuse existing ones.
To sign the extension to be able to load the new version to Firefox:
- Bump the version in
manifest.json - Run
web-ext:web-ext sign --api-key="…" --api-secret="…" - Go to
about:addonsand use the gear menu to load an extension from file
The extension is placed at web-ext-artifacts/*.xpi.
To reload the extension while in development without bumping and resigning:
- Go to
about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox - Click Reload on the extension's entry
The extension will have immediate effect on the Hacker News tab without a need for a reload.