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?

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

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.

Re:Wow

[christopherfinke]

This dude needs a job!

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

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:Wow

[christopherfinke]

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

Apparently not.

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.

also missing...

[SlowMovingTarget]

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

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?

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.