Show HN: Chrome extension to monitor the top Hacker News story in real time (chrome.google.com)

3 points by rwain 11y ago ↗ HN

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CatsoCatsoCatso 11y ago ↗

Are there any more screenshots than just that? What does it do exactly?

rwain 11y ago ↗

An excellent point! I've added a 2nd screenshot and a slightly better description.

rwain 11y ago ↗

What does it do exactly?

Displays a Hacker News icon on your browser that changes color when the top story changes.

How does it do it?

The extension opens a websocket connection to the Hacker News Firebase (https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/) so it can detect new top stories in real time.

Source code at https://github.com/robbiewain/hack-the-news

I really just made it for myself but others have found it useful so I'm posting here. Enjoy!