Due to this comment, I have implemented the comment-folding feature as a Firefox+GreaseMonkey script (which also seems to work in Google Chrome as a Chrome Extension for me).
One comment: the triangle gets a bit confused with the upvote/downvote buttons. Maybe it'd be clearer if it was something like [-] / [+]... it would also enlarge the clickable area a bit, probably.
Not a bad idea. I found the Unicode glyphs for "Squared Plus" and "Squared Minus" and used them instead. They needed to be scaled up a bit but after that it was fine.
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Due to this comment, I have implemented the comment-folding feature as a Firefox+GreaseMonkey script (which also seems to work in Google Chrome as a Chrome Extension for me).
It lives at: https://userscripts.org/scripts/show/130027
Smashing! Using it now, works quite well.
One comment: the triangle gets a bit confused with the upvote/downvote buttons. Maybe it'd be clearer if it was something like [-] / [+]... it would also enlarge the clickable area a bit, probably.
Not a bad idea. I found the Unicode glyphs for "Squared Plus" and "Squared Minus" and used them instead. They needed to be scaled up a bit but after that it was fine.
This latest version of Hacker News Comment Hiding is available at the same URL as before, https://userscripts.org/scripts/show/130027 .
This is absolutely awesome - thanks!