Give HN some visual indication of points and comments

Hacker_News_improved.user.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name        Hacker News improved
// @description Various improvements to Hacker News
// @version     4
// @namespace   org.sdfjkl.greasemonkey.hn-improved
// @include     http*://news.ycombinator.com/
// @include     http*://news.ycombinator.com/news
// @include     http*://news.ycombinator.com/newest
// @include     http*://news.ycombinator.com/best
// @include     http*://news.ycombinator.com/ask
// @include     http*://news.ycombinator.com/item?*
// @require http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js
// @grant       GM_addStyle
// ==/UserScript==

var RE_POINTS = /(\d+) points/;
var RE_COMMENTS = /(\d+) comments/;



$(document).ready(function() {
    var loc = window.location;
            
    // CSS
    GM_addStyle(
        '.hni-bars { position: relative; opacity: 0.4; top: -2px; height: 0px; max-width: 1000px }' +
        '.hni-spacer { height: 1px; }'
    );
    
    if (loc.pathname == '/item') {
        // Votes
        $('td.default > span.comhead').each(function(index) {
            var m_votes = $(this).text().match(RE_POINTS);
            var votes = 0;
            if (m_votes) votes = m_votes[1];
            
            //console.log(votes);
            $(this).parent().prepend('<div class="hni-bars">' +
                '<div style="width: ' + votes + 'px; height: 2px; background: green;"></div>' +
                '</div>');
        });
        // My own posts
        $('td > center > font').each(function(index) {
            $(this).parent().css('background-color', '#00F1FF');
        });
    } else {
        // inject bars that visually indicate the points/comments of an article
        $('td.subtext > span').each(function(index) {
            // get point and comment numbers
            var m_points = $(this).text().match(RE_POINTS);
            var m_comments = $(this).nextAll().eq(2).text().match(RE_COMMENTS);
            // some articles (job ads) may not have points or comments
            var points = 0;
            var comments = 0;
            if (m_points) points = m_points[1];
            if (m_comments) comments = m_comments[1];
                
            //console.log(points, comments);
            $(this).parent().prepend('<div class="hni-bars">' +
                '<div style="width: ' + points + 'px; height: 2px; background: green;"></div>' +
                '<div style="width: ' + comments + 'px; height: 2px; background: orange;"></div>' +
                '</div>');
    
            // reclaim some vertical space so the page fits on my screen again
            $(this).parent().parent().next().css('height', '4px');
    
        });
    }
    

});