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Comment by sir-g

3 years ago

I wrote a JS bookmark that lets me jump to the next top-level comment on HN. I use it for finding interesting conversions without having to scroll and look for the next top-level comment.

It works by finding all of the comments with indent=="0". Then, each time the bookmark is clicked, it creates and follows a link. Each comment has a unique id so I just have to concatenate current_url + "#" + unique_id and follow that link.

Once the script reaches the bottom, it follows the "more comments" link and repeats the same process.

I plan to write something similar for Reddit

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pxeger1  3 years ago

Are you aware that there's already a "next" link on every comment, that does exactly that? Or am I misunderstanding you?

  • sir-g  3 years ago

    No, I didn't realize there's already a feature like that. But as the other commenter said, it jumps around, so, I still prefer my solution.

  • l2dy  3 years ago

    The "next" link is not aligned across comments, so you have to move the mouse to click it consecutively.