Suggestion Scubaboard Enhancement eXtension for Google Chrome

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I'm not exactly sure where to post this, I'm now cross-posting it in the introduction and greets forum.

For a few weeks now I have been creating a Chrome extension similar to the popular Reddit Enhancement Suite. I have been using/testing it myself for a while and I am now ready to share it with Scubaboard users.

What does it do?
The extension adds some enhancements to browsing/using Scubaboard. The following features are included in this release:

Auto-Page:
Similar to Reddits Never Ending Scroll. It will automatically load the next/previous page in the forums topic lists, search results and within an individual thread.
Original Poster:
Simply highlights the original poster of a thread. This will work whether you start on the first page, or jump to the middle of an existing thread. The color is currently set to a lime green but a future release will allow you to set your own color to highlight the OP.

User Tagging:
Allows you to set your own custom Tags/Colors for users. You can use it to remind you of anything about a scuba board user. I've been using it to tag local divers and some of the Instructors at my local shop so I remember who they are. My name is tagged by default as the SBX author but you can change/delete it.

Link Preview:
Shows a small preview of any link embedded in a post.


Enable/Disable features
You can toggle any of these features on/off using the SBX settings icon


Cool! How do I get it?
It currently is only available for Google Chrome. You can install it directly from the Chrome Store.

This thing isn't working!
Send me a private message here or reply to this thread. There's probably a bug. In fact I'll pay for your next air fill if there isn't a bug in here somewhere.

Will this work on other browsers/devices?
This extension currently only works on Chrome on the desktop. If and when extensions can be used on mobile/tablet devices I will port it over and make it work. I will eventually port this over to Firefox if there is enough demand.

I want to help!

Excellent! I plan to open source it shortly on GitHub. Stay tuned.

Can it do this.......
I have 2 features still in development that weren't ready to be released yet (soft-ignore and backup/restore). If you have a good idea for something else to add, send me a message, post below or contribute via GitHub when published.

Mods feel free to move or delete this if this isn't the appropriate forum.....
 
Let me know if you're interested in working with me to integrate such functionality.
That would be awesome. I think i'm going to add an option for optional experimental use with sync for now.
 
That would be awesome. I think i'm going to add an option for optional experimental use with sync for now.
Sounds good. You can contact me through scubaboard if you want to work with me to get a storage and retrieval system setup on the server.

Or feel free to email me at scuba@jhvisser.com
 
1.3.1 released.

  • Fix: Turning off Auto-page now correctly disables itself (Kudos to admikar)
  • Fix: Auto-loading a previous page should no longer chain multiple loads together without the user scrolling up.
  • Fix: Onboarding was incorrectly showing up as a feature to enable/disable
  • Fix: Onboarding now only stores the latest version instead of all the versions.
  • Change: Turning a feature on/off now reloads the current page when closing the SBX settings
 
SWEET, I was accidently highlighted! Basically, I photobombed @kgilb

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@Doby45, you bad, bad dog!
@kgilb , for options made available, you have a beer (COLD) if you ever venture my neck of the woods(you could made a guess from my posts that I like beer,but it is purely coincidental, since its full of minerals and vitamins, and we divers love to live healthy)!
 
Updated to 1.3.2:
  • Change: with Auto-page enabled the top nav bar with Mark Forums Read Search Forums Watched Forums New and Recent Posts will now always be visible
  • Change: Tag user popup will now wait for a short hover delay before showing.
  • Change: Tag user icon will now only display on the main user section of the post and not any other areas that user names are displayed
 
@kglib do you have any objections to me attempting to port this over to Firefox?
 
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