Better Bogleheads

A Chrome extension that supercharges the Bogleheads.org forum with visual enhancements and smart filtering.

Better Bogleheads improves your browsing experience on the Bogleheads.org home page by supercharging the Bogleheads.org forum with visual enhancements and smart filtering. FEATURES Zebra Striping Add alternating row colors to the topic list for easier reading. Choose any color you like. Hide Read Topics Automatically tracks topics you've clicked and lets you hide them. Topics reappear when new replies are posted, so you never miss new activity. Unread Badge Shows the count of unread topics on the extension icon. The badge color changes based on how many unread topics you have: green (1-20), yellow (21-60), or red (61+). Highlight Hot Topics Make popular topics stand out by highlighting topics above a customizable reply threshold. Choose your own highlight color. Watch Posters Keep an eye on your favorite posters. Add usernames via the side panel or right-click a poster's profile link on the forum to add them. Topics where a watched poster is the author or last poster are highlighted with a customizable color. Watched poster highlighting takes priority over hot topic highlighting. Hide Old Topics Filter out topics older than a specified number of days to focus on recent discussions. Adjustable Font Size Increase or decrease the topic list font size from 50% to 200% for comfortable reading. Mark as Read (Right-Click) Right-click any topic row to mark it as read without opening it. Useful for clearing topics you're not interested in. Pointer Cursor Enable a pointer cursor when hovering over topic rows to make them feel more clickable. Time Tracking See how much time you spend on Bogleheads.org. The side panel displays today's time, all-time total, and a sparkline graph showing your activity over the last 30 days. Reset anytime to start fresh. Omnibox Commands Type "bh" in Chrome's address bar, press Tab, then use these shortcuts: • new - Go to active topics • hot / hot off - Toggle hot topic highlighting • zebra / zebra off - Toggle zebra striping • font inc / font dec - Adjust font size • reset - Clear read history • #12345 - Go to topic by ID • user:alice - Search posts by user • "search term" - Search the forum Keyboard Shortcuts Use these shortcuts from any Bogleheads page: • Alt+B - Toggle side panel • Alt+Shift+H - Toggle hide read topics • Alt+Shift+N - Navigate to active topics • Alt+Shift+R - Mark current topic as read Reassign shortcuts at chrome://extensions/shortcuts. Export/Import Settings Download your settings as a JSON file to back them up or transfer to another machine. Import a previously exported file to restore your settings. Side Panel All controls live in Chrome's built-in side panel. Click the extension icon to toggle it. Settings apply immediately. Helpful Tooltips Hover over any setting in the side panel to see a description of what it does. All settings are saved automatically and persist across sessions. PRIVACY This extension only runs on https://bogleheads.org/ and stores your preferences locally using Chrome's storage API. No data is collected or transmitted. OPEN SOURCE This extension is open source and available on GitHub. Contributions and feedback are welcome.