Firefox tries to be largely chrome compatible. It is likely, that it would work on Firefox with minimal work and merely needs to be added to AMO. If that is the case, then it is a simple case of asking the developer to add it to Firefox. I would recommend a Github Issue for that.
The trouble of course exists in both direction. I have a FF extension I didn't manage to port to chrome yet because chrome is missing something (finding me the tallest element that has a scroll bar).
One thing I truly want HN to add is a button like https://apolloapp.io or official reddit app have that lets you go down/up the top threads quickly. Usually its in the bottom right corner.
It adds "parent" and "root" buttons under every comment. You can use the collapse button next to a post to get to its next sibling. (They are also made easier to hit on mobile.)
Sync for Reddit allowed you to map volume buttons to thread up/down. That was super convenient and fast. Unfortunately, it seems Apple does not look to such features kindly.
I prefer the current option to hit the '-' to collapse threads when I'm done with them and not having any more click/touch targets on screen. It seems like the collapsing is remembered while logged in across devices and sessions.
I can recommend Refined Hacker News by plibither8 (https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news). I added a "collapse root comment" module which does just that. The addon itself has tons of other useful features, and is still pretty lightweight
Slightly off-topic, but, does anyone have a tip/tool for actually making it through a long thread (such as "who's hiring") in multiple sessions? I have trouble saving my spot if I leave the tab for too long, or if I navigate away, and then come back with the back button. It's possible I've never seen beyond page 2 because it's such a slog and I often have limited time.
I only use Chrome for work. Since they perma-stopped my ability to cease the video autoplay and back when I would turn it off, it would somehow get itself turned on again, I stopped using it as my 'leisure browser' at home and at work during lunchtime.
I don't know HN's view of Opera, but I've been using it for more than a year and really like it. It's chromium based and can use any plugin from the chrome store. It also has a lot of useful features (PIP video window, sidebar messengers, dev tools, dark mode, workspaces)
Opera was bought out by a Chinese company a few years back. It's now, as I understand, more-or-less a Chromium clone.
If you like(d the old) Opera, 12.16 IIRC, though, I would suggest a more-or-less Chromium clone: Vivaldi. It feels like it has the same truly-a-user-agent feeling as Opera gave me so long ago. I believe it's staffed by ex-Opera devs, too.
EDIT: Okay, I just realized you acknowledged it was a Chromium fork...I wish I knew how to read. My recommendation on Vivaldi still stands however.
dev tools: I don't think they're particularly better per se. They're pretty much identical. But overall, the design of Opera is a bit more useful to me. The sidebar alone just makes it more usable.
PIP: I looked it up. There's a pop-out video option for Chrome available with plugin. The UX for it is better in Opera.
I think that should be the default, all parents collapsed. Very neat. If you want a quick preview, you can copy the code on this page[1] from the GitHub repo directly and paste it on the console. Works on Firefox too.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 63.6 ms ] threadFWIW, I'd totally check this out if it were for Firefox. I left Chrome years ago for privacy reasons.
Super useful when browsing on mobile.
It adds "parent" and "root" buttons under every comment. You can use the collapse button next to a post to get to its next sibling. (They are also made easier to hit on mobile.)
Firefox only though.
People can certainly add whatever they want with browser extensions, though.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hn-comments-owl/kp...
E: This will only highlight comments since X time, it helps somewaht.
Any hopes for some HN-y Firefox plugins?
If you like(d the old) Opera, 12.16 IIRC, though, I would suggest a more-or-less Chromium clone: Vivaldi. It feels like it has the same truly-a-user-agent feeling as Opera gave me so long ago. I believe it's staffed by ex-Opera devs, too.
EDIT: Okay, I just realized you acknowledged it was a Chromium fork...I wish I knew how to read. My recommendation on Vivaldi still stands however.
I wouldn't call it a Chromium clone - the codebase and most functions/abilities are the same but the UX and UI thinking is very different.
I will still check out Vivaldi!
PIP: I looked it up. There's a pop-out video option for Chrome available with plugin. The UX for it is better in Opera.
It adds a keyboard shortcut to take you to the next top level comment. I think it's broken now because I did it in a really hacky way.
When you get tired of a comment chain in a thread click two (or three, I forgrt) keys and bam, you're into the next conversation.
[1] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marcosnils/orange-juicer/m...
Illustration: https://i.imgur.com/NrR8TVR.png
*The comments and thread are unrelated. I just picked random ones from a thread I was on.