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Show HN: Reddit Unread Comments – track new comments on Reddit easier (github.com/nemanjam)
3 points by nemanja_codes on Dec 21, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments
Hello everyone.

I made a Firefox/Chrome extension for easier tracking of new comments in Reddit threads. Have you ever felt frustrated having to scroll and reread 100 comments thread just to find a few new scattered comments? If yes, then this extension is for you. Hopefully it will save you nerves and time, give it a try and let me know your impressions.

The extension is completely free and open source using MIT license. It is privacy aware, runs completely client side and no data ever leaves your browser and no user activity or data is tracked. It is completely unobtrusive to the existing Reddit's website behavior, you wont notice any changes in the website behavior and performance. Also it runs only in `reddit.com` (no `old.reddit.com` and `new.reddit.com`) pages and any other domain is intact and doesn't load the extension code.

You can find the code, links to Firefox and Chrome stores, install binaries and documentation here:

https://github.com/nemanjam/reddit-unread-comments/

You can install the extension either from the store, manually import the binaries from the Release page, or build it yourself from source.

Demo video is available here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHw0pM3ZzqY

If you are an user you can find the features overview note here:

https://github.com/nemanjam/reddit-unread-comments/blob/main...

If you are a developer and want to contribute or review code you can find the implementation details explained in this note:

https://github.com/nemanjam/reddit-unread-comments/blob/main...

If you use Reddit on regular basis give it a try and share your impressions.

I will appreciate all constructive feedback, if you like the project and you are developer yourself you can contribute with a pull request or a code review. If you are an user you can contribute by sharing the link with your friends or leaving a feedback.



This appears to work with new reddit only. It says "It's meant only for the main Reddit website www.reddit.com, it won't work on old website old.reddit.com and new website new.reddit.com." but I use www.reddit.com with old reddit forced ("Use new Reddit as my default experience" is unchecked in my preferences) and it doesn't seem to work.


Content script for the extension will load only under `reddit.com` domain. You need to load default Reddit UI so the extension can find elements with expected selectors, like the UI in Youtube demo video.




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