Comments Owl for Hacker News

Highlight new comments, mute users, and other tweaks for Hacker News

Comments Owl for Hacker News is available to install from Edge Add-on Store and for download from this page. The latest version is 3.0.0, and it was published 7 days ago.

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All available versions

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Install CRX file

Option 1: The easy way (for Windows users only)

  1. Download and run chrome-stats.exe file on your PC. This method will allow you to install Chrome extensions directly from edge-stats.com in one click. You only need to do this once!
  2. Type in chrome://restart in the URL bar to restart the browser for the changes to take effect.
  3. Download and install the Comments Owl for Hacker News CRX file

Option 2: Advanced method

  1. Download Comments Owl for Hacker News CRX file
  2. NOTE: Sometimes the browser may block downloading / installing CRX file from outside the Edge Add-on Store. If so, you may need to use option 1, or download the ZIP file instead.
  3. In the URL bar, go to edge://extensions
  4. Enable Developer mode
  5. Drag and drop the downloaded Comments Owl for Hacker News CRX file into the Extensions page
  6. When prompted, click Add extension to install Comments Owl for Hacker News.

Install ZIP file

  1. Download and unpack the Comments Owl for Hacker News ZIP file to a directory of your choice.
  2. In Edge browser, go to edge://extensions
  3. Enable Developer mode.
  4. Click on the Load Unpacked button.
  5. Select the directory of with the unpacked Comments Owl for Hacker News ZIP file from step 1. Comments Owl for Hacker News is now installed on your browser.