I built an open-source notification inbox widget for Hacker News
Hey all, I built a Chrome extension (open source) that adds a notification inbox widget (and optional email notifications) inside HackerNews. * This inbox feed shows an unread bubble (Like in Reddit) whenever someone replies directly to your thread or comment. * Optionally, you can enable email notifications for the same. (With batching support) * Makes it easy to navigate to new replies. == URLs == Github Repository : https://github.com/anandrmedia/hn-notifier == How it works? == * This extension uses Engagespot to embed an In-App notification inbox. * It just makes use…
I built an open-source notification inbox widget for Hacker News launched on June 17, 2023 with 12 votes, #1,651 of 4,655 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
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This open-source Chrome extension adds a notification inbox widget to Hacker News, alerting users when someone replies to their threads or comments with an unread bubble indicator. It includes optional email notifications with batching support and makes navigating to new replies straightforward. The extension requires only a public Hacker News username and polls the HN API once per minute to check for updates, regardless of user count.
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Hey all, I built a Chrome extension (open source) that adds a notification inbox widget (and optional email notifications) inside HackerNews. * This inbox feed shows an unread bubble (Like in Reddit) whenever someone replies directly to your thread or comment. * Optionally, you can enable email notifications for the…
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