Slashdot Firefox Extension

christopherfinke writes "I've been working on Slashdotter Firefox extension for Slashdot users, and version 1.2 has been approved by the Mozilla admins. Features include the ability to auto-add cache links after story links (from any of Coral Cache, Google Cache, or Mirrordot), a quick-reply feature that adds a 'Reply' option to the right-click menu when you select text in a comment, the option of styling all of Slashdot's pages like a chosen Slashdot section, links in the comment sections that allow you to toggle open/closed all of a comments replies, and more. All of Slashdotter's features are optional, and the extension is compatible with Firefox, the Mozilla Suite, Seamonkey, and Flock."

Comments

Features

[donnyspi]

Does the extension automatically remove dupes and fix typos in the titles of submitted stories???

Re:Features

[Yst]

Or, for that matter, would the plugin author consider providing functionality which would systematically add dupes and typos to other sites using Slash, so as to bring them into closer conformity with Slashdot's standards and make them more familiar in appearance and function to a Slashdot-acclimatised audience?

What about IE?

[skynare]

Too bad that use IE. T.T

Re:What about IE?

[WebHostingGuy]

It will be available as soon as Vista ships . . . around 2Q 2010.

At First Glance

[Dante Shamest]

I thought this extension allowed me to slashdot sites while I browse. :O)

Seriously though, I like this feature:

* You can choose to have all Slashdot pages styled like one of Slashdot's sections. For example, if you're a fan of the Games section's hideous purple and black color scheme, you can have every Slashdot page look just as horrifying!

Re:trolly troll troll

[Anonymous Coward]

I think you'll find that the grammatically correct version would have been "All your Slashdotter feature are belong to optional". HTH

Wow

[tornsaq]

I've been working on Slashdotter Firefox extension for Slashdot users...

This dude needs a job!

Re:Wow

[christopherfinke]

This dude needs a job!

I've got a job. What I need is a life.

Re:Wow

[christopherfinke]

Hmm...is there a feature you can click that turns up the 'intelligence' of the posts your read?

Apparently not.

Re:Wow

[Foofoobar]

That would be to imply that there are women being bred in a secret government laboratory to be specifically aroused by Dungeons and Dragons, comic books and your ability to compile the kernel.

Um... anyone know if this lab is looking for QA?

What about IE?

[aw232]

Aren't you going to make one for IE? How about IE7?

Feature Request

[OnlineAlias]

I for one would welcome an insert "imagine a beowolf cluster" or "welcome our evil overlords" or "netcraft confirms" or "all your base are" or "in soviet russia" button. That would be great.

Does it have First Post button?

[chia_monkey]

Does it have a First Post button? Imagine the millions of man-hours per day saved by people hitting that button rather than typing all that manually.

Re:Awesome

[SigILL]

I think that his problem is in a limitation Slashdot has. You cannot foe yourelf.

No problem; I know how to fix that. Just give me your password, and I'll do it for you.

Re:Legitimate story?

[thrillseeker]

Seems hazy if an author should be allowed to submit a story to /. about his own project.

Yeah, we wouldn't want anyone knowledgeable about a subject starting threads.

I have a better idea.

[Spy der Mann]

Imagine the millions of man-hours per day saved by people hitting that button rather than typing all that manually.

Funny, it reminds me of an idea I had thought about previously. Why not have a "first post this comment" while you're typing, so that it will encode the string inside your comment with steganography?

Saving time

[filament]

Wow! This will make wasting time so much more efficient!

also missing...

[SlowMovingTarget]

Later versions will include a feature that automatically votes for the "Cowboy Neal" option in Slashdot polls.

Re:awesome

[docdoc]

Please explain what you mean by "when you aren't on Slashdot"...

Re:The times they....

[Nimey]

I set any comment modded "funny" at -6 in my preferences. That cut down on a lot of the garbage.

I see a great need: a Bayesian function on this extension to automagically "mod" comments; e.g. anything with the word "Micro$oft" or "M$" modded at -4, free ipod spam at -6, and so on.

Re:awesome

[ProfFalcon]

Please explain what you mean by "when you aren't on Slashdot"...

I think he means when you're surfing porn instead of Slashdot.