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Ask PG: Vim shortcuts for navigating HN?

15 points by stanley ↗ HN
Any chance we could get keyboard shortcuts integrated into HN?

Nothing fancy, just something simple akin to: http://www.google.com/experimental/

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joshfraser
cool idea, but no reason to wait for PG to do it. it shouldn't be hard to hack up a greasemonkey script or a chrome plugin to add that functionality for yourself. then once you've proven its usefulness, i'm sure PG would be happy to consider adding the script to the site for everyone.
jpcx01
i'm a vim lover, but this request is just plain nuts
mullr
Why is it nuts? Gmail does this.
joshfraser
i love the j/k shortcuts in google reader. i'd use it on HN too if it was available.
jrockway
Just install vimperator or conkeror.

It's called a user agent because the user controls it. Don't rely on site authors to care about your special needs!

tfh
Vimperator is the only thing keeping me using firefox and not another browser. The chrome version is just not as good.
bingaman
Same here...That said, Firefox is still a real dog in OS X compared with Chrome and Safari.
javert
For anyone who doesn't know - vimperator is amazing and I couldn't imagine using the Web without it.
cschep
Vimium for chrome gets you closer anyway.