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pavel_lishin
I just use a bookmarklet:

    javascript:window.location="http://news.ycombinator.com/submitlink?u=%22+encodeURIComponent(document.location)+%22&t=%22+encodeURIComponent(document.title)
abnerorlamunder
It's the same idea behind the scenes, but the extension make it easier to use.
amadeuspagel
I use another extension for this[1], which shows search results in a pop-up window, and also lets you submit a post from that pop-up window.

Your approach of opening two tabs, one with the submission and one with the search results, is also interesting.

One minor thing: I'd just use the HN favicon as icon. The extension I use uses a Y on an orange background with a talk bubble, which is also fine, but I'd still prefer just the HN icon. I'm not sure what the official policy here is, I think it would be great to make clear that it's OK to use that for browser extensions.

When I make a chrome extension for a web app that I made, I obviously use the same icon for both, and you're only going to use one extension for one web app.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/what-hacker-news-sa...

abnerorlamunder
That's great! Thanks for the feedback, I'll consider that