Since

Designed to look like a list of processes in a terminal window, Hacker News is one of the most popular social news websites geared towards the somewhat technology-oriented and somewhat geeky audience out there.

Since its release, Hacker News has slowly become the go-to news aggregator for the computer and technology aficionados, hence, the target audience has accepted its quirky looks and feel.

Despite this fact, keeping up to date with the latest news posts on the platform can prove to be a bit tricky (as most of us know, new articles are usually scattered all over the place in the feed).

This is where Since comes into play. In short, Since is a Google Chrome extension that highlights new posts on the said website since your last visit.

This is particularly useful for people who don't rely on RSS readers or other similar tools for staying up to date with the latest content from Hacker News.

The extension can be installed from the Chrome Web Store with just a few mouse clicks, and it should work right off the bat, without any sort of operations required on your part.

While this extension is definitely useful, we would have liked it even more if it provided its users with a few extra options. For example, the yellow color used to highlight the new posts is not bad, but having the ability to change it would have definitely been a plus.

Since is a very nifty little Chrome extension that has the potential to make the lives of most Hacker News fans a little bit better. It may be extremely simple, but even so, the extension is quite effective as it does its job quite well.