HN split-view userscript
Shares rank 39 of 70 browser extensions by recommenders
Userscript that opens a Hacker News link and its comment thread side by side, so you read both without juggling two tabs.
Userscript that opens a Hacker News link and its comment thread side by side, so you read both without juggling two tabs.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 82%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 4.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Opens article and comments together
“The submission is cool because it opens the comments even if you just happen upon some article”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: I was tired of opening 2 tabs for every HN link, so I made a userscript” “It saves me time and you can read both things at the same time”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: I was tired of opening 2 tabs for every HN link, so I made a userscript” Fixes a long-standing tab annoyance
“This is great and is also something that I've always had an issue with.”
Comment from 28 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: I was tired of opening 2 tabs for every HN link, so I made a userscript” “this is so cool and can't believe I didn't think about it”
Comment from 28 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: I was tired of opening 2 tabs for every HN link, so I made a userscript”
Other browser extensions people recommend
The four most recommended other browser extensions, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SponsorBlock | 137 | 4 | 97% | 13 | — | Approved |
| Firefox Multi-Account Containers | 76 | 13 | 85% | 10 | 7.5 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| NoScript | 61 | 11 | 85% | 12 | 10 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| Claude in Chrome | 53 | 42 | 56% | 9 | — | — |
| HN split-view userscriptThis page | 9 | 2 | 82% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It saves me time and you can read both things at the same time”
“For feature 2 it is great.”
“In the side bar I can't vote on the comments.”
“this userscript sends every page you visit to the Algolia search API”
“yours is great since it's the opposite target/usage”
“The submission is cool because it opens the comments even if you just happen upon some article”
“this is so cool and can't believe I didn't think about it”
“This is great and is also something that I've always had an issue with.”
“This shouldn't be a script (no offense, great job!).”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.