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Unofficial Product Hunt Chrome Plugin - Streak reminder and dark mode

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Do you feel anxious about losing your Product Hunt daily streak 😰? Does switching between light and dark mode windows hurt your eyes? Good news, the Unofficial Product Hunt Plugin will keep your blood pressure down and help reduce eye strains 😎.

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Maker
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Hey Product Hunters 👋 Firstly, let me just say how much I love the community here ❤. I love how supportive all of you are! A few months ago, I was too shy to join any tech community, but the positive vibes here changed my mind. So, to give back to this lovely community, I made a Chrome plugin that makes Product Hunt more fun. This release offers two features: ⏰ Streak reminder. If the plugin hasn't seen your activity by the end of the day (with a buffer of a few hours), it will send you a reminder email. 🌙 Dark mode The next release will address things that sadden me about PH: spam, bots, and cheating. It will: 📈 Help you easily make LinkedIn and X connections, enhancing your reach 📊 Provide analytics: a chart that shows your growth on PH ✉️ Support DM functionality that's not prone to spam abuse (still undecided on this one - what do you think?) I hope these features that help people grow organically will reduce their temptation to spam and cheat. I'm looking forward to your input and feedback. What PH improvement features would you like to have, and why? Your support means the world to me! 🙏
Jordan Moloney
@jgani is a fantastic guy. Support him!
Maker
@jordan_moloney Thanks for the kind words Jordan 👍
Maker
@thebigk Thanks for your awesome support mate!
Yash Jejani
💡 Bright idea
@jgani Super interesting idea! For messaging, allowing users to manage their preferences accordingly (allow/block DMs) could be a good place to start.
Kim Chan
@jgani Congratulation on launching the product. Must be a relieve to have gotten this far. I'm new PH, but will be using your plugin along with PH.
Abdal Yousef
@jgani, Big congrats on launching this great plugin! Loving the dark mode feature. Quick thought on the streak reminder—have you considered interactions beyond just visiting PH might be necessary to keep a streak alive? Some of us with long streaks learned the hard way. Excited to see how this evolves!
Maker
@abdalyousef Thanks so much Abdal. I saw a write up explaining that a full page refresh is required in order for PH to count as a visit, so the Chrome plugin was coded to reflect this. What has been your experience?
Abdal Yousef
💡 Bright idea
@jgani, that’s interesting about the full page refresh—I wasn’t aware of that detail. From what I’ve observed, and especially from discussions with the CMO of Jaeves, @hussam_gpt, who is an avid PH user, simply visiting the site, even with a full page refresh, hasn't always been enough to maintain a streak. Our CMO, a long-time PH streaker, has experienced streak losses despite daily visits. It seems that active engagement, like upvoting or commenting, plays a crucial role in streak continuation. It might be worth exploring how the plugin could encourage or track such interactions to help users keep their streaks alive. Appreciate your efforts to make our PH experience even better!
Maker
@hussam_gpt @abdalyousef That's going to be the next release! Working on adding a growth chart and consistency graph to encourage engagement.
PL Bompard
Awesome idea Jonni! I'm a light-mode addict but pretty sure I'm alone haha so dark mode option will probably be appreciated by lots of people here. How does the streak reminder work? Sends a system notification or something else? Good luck for the launch anyway!!
Maker
@plbompard Is that because you want to get tanned from screen radiation PL? 😂 The Chrome plugin notes your visit to PH and sends a ping to the server (only once a day). If the day is almost finished, and the server hasn't received your ping, it will send you a reminder email.
PL Bompard
@jgani of so via email, simple and efficient way! I like it
Adnan Jindani
Good luck with the launch Jonni!!
Adnan Jindani
@jgani Welcome Jonni!
Daniel Zaitzow
Launching soon!
@jgani really great idea for folks fearful of losing their streak and who really love the community! Killer low lift idea!!
Maker
@dzaitzow The idea came from my own personal heartbreak :)
Daniel Zaitzow
Launching soon!
@jgani I hear that!
AbdulHafeez Sadon
Awesome alternative to Dark Reader for PH. Is there any possibility to add GitHub login and perhaps even Magic Link? That would be a very welcoming auth alternative. Congrats on your launch Jonni!
Ben Lau
Congrats on the launch Jonni, lets go!
Maker
@ben_lau2 Thanks Ben. The UI isn't the best yet, but a design expert told me it's OK as long as the UX is fine :)
Micha Cassola
This is the Product Product I was waiting for! 😃🤩😂 But due to Sidebery and the hackability of the interface with CSS I use Firefox + Sidebery to get the sidebar with vertical tabs I always dreamt of. Is the Firefox extension coming? Please? 😁
Maker
@michacassola Thanks for the feedback regarding Firefox Micha. I'll definitely look into it, seeing that I use both Chrome and Firefox.
Ahmed Riaz
Congratulations 🎊
Ali Jan
Very helpful tool for all users of producthunt. Congratulations on the launch!
Jerry Zhang
Eye protection device
Maker
@hacksman You can now take of your sunglasses when using PH :)
Jerry Zhang
@jgani OK I'll try it <3
Neel Patel
Launching soon!
Who says dark mode is always a vanity? @jgani
André J
Very bad product! How am I suppose to climb the charts now 😂
Maker
@sentry_co We will all climb together :)
Jason Levin
Hey I’m the Head of Growth at Product Hunt! This is officially AWESOME!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Chris Messina
Top Hunter
?makers Pretty cool! Guessing Dark Mode isn't an "official dark mode" but just a CSS color inversion? Also, when trying to access settings, I'm getting "We're sorry, but something went wrong."
Maker
@chrismessina Mostly color inversion, and a bit of CSS override. Please let me know if there are dark bits that don't look good. Should be able to fix them with CSS. Thanks Chris for reporting that settings error. Will have a look and fix.
Maker
@chrismessina Hi Chris. Just letting you know that the error has been fixed. Thanks again for pointing it out.
Olive Haus
Sayonara streak-loss anxiety 👋 My little overworked indie-heart thanks you for having one less thing to palpitate about every day 🫀✨ Congrats on the launch!
Maker
@olive_haus Thank you Olive. Doctors around the world recommend this plugin for health. Probably. 😀
Jen
@jgani interesting!
Jaypy Build
Amazing idea Jonni 👏 Love the product and the story behind about a great supporter who find a tool to help even more. Congrats for the work you’ve done🙌
Maker
@jipe Thanks for being so supportive Jean-Pierre 👌
Jorge Medina
Congrats on the launch Jonni!!
Fei C.
Congrats on the launch Jonni! Already plugged in!
Maker
@feichen_ Thanks Fei. Good luck with your launch too. I will keep an eye for it.