HoverZoom has gone evil — say hello to HoverFree

I discovered HoverZoom had gone evil when they broke github.com, details of which are here: https://gist.github.com/ralph-tice/5087704 Not to be deterred, I discovered HoverZoom is open source under the MIT license, so I’ve forked it, published it to github here: https://github.com/ralph-tice/hoverfree , named it HoverFree based on /u/acm suggestion, and published it to the Chrome web … Read more

CakePHP Login Issues

I’m stumped. We have a client who cannot log in to our system and yet we can log in fine using her credentials. She can also log in fine from her friends home. Upon entering her credentials the screen simply refreshes and nothing happens when in fact she should be brought to a dashboard page. … Read more

CakePHP Login Issues

I’m stumped. We have a client who cannot log in to our system and yet we can log in fine using her credentials. She can also log in fine from her friends home. Upon entering her credentials the screen simply refreshes and nothing happens when in fact she should be brought to a dashboard page. … Read more

Reddit Enhancement Suite 4.1.3 is officially in the chrome web store

I’m posting this here because in the past, I’ve [avoided putting it on the web store](http://redditenhancementsuite.com:8080/wiki/index.php?title=Why_isn%27t_RES_on_my_browser%27s_extension_gallery%3F), and I figured some people might be concerned it’s a fake. It’s not. It’s the real deal. It’s now available in the Chrome Web Store (which was rushed, due to overwhelming numbers of “how do I install it now?!” … Read more

By adding these 5 lines to my AdBlock Filter I reduced the loadspeed of pages from 20 to 80%

These Lines Block Social “Like” Widgets from twitter, google,facebook. >http://www.facebook.com/external/* >http://www.facebook.com/plugins/* >https://www.facebook.com/dialog/oauth?* >https://twitter.com/intent/* >https://plusone.google.com/* Add these as text in your AdBlock Filter Settings. I tested the actual loadspeed with this Chrome Plugin: [PageSpeedtest](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lgmnmdkkghdeagbghognjbjijpnckcid) Some Sites I tested: HuffingtonPost: from ~16000 ms to ~12000 Cracked.com from ~12000 ms to ~7000 Rlslog.net: from ~12000 to ~2000ms (!) … Read more

Boycott Plus, seeking addon developer for new features

I am seeking Firefox addon developers who can move a project called Boycott plus forward. I have outlined three tasks / features that I would like to have implemented. They are shown in the github tracker: https://github.com/designintentional/BoycottPlus/issues To see how the addon works presently, visit https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/boycott-plus/?src=ss The preview screenshots show a user selecting a campaign, … Read more

TIL a Chrome Extension was spying on me. BEWARE “Smooth Gestures”.

The app ID is: [lfkgmnnajiljnolcgolmmgnecgldgeld](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lfkgmnnajiljnolcgolmmgnecgldgeld?hc=search&hcp=main) And this isn’t some unknown, shady app. Google reports it to have over 400,000 users and a 5-star rating with over 5000 votes. Anyway … troubleshooting a JavaScript error today, I noticed the following code was being inserted into every page I visited. The only reason I noticed it at … Read more