JoshuaTree

Usability enhancements for The Housing Bubble Blog (http://housingbubble.blog)

JoshuaTree Chrome Extension: Usability Enhancements for The Housing Bubble Blog

JoshuaTree is a Chrome extension that enhances the usability of The Housing Bubble Blog. It adds features like comment tracking, comment formatting, and the ability to ignore posts from specific users.
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Extension stats

By: drumminj
Users: 56
Rating: 5.00
(2)
Version: 4.12.2 (Last updated: 2022-12-18)
Creation date: 2019-07-25
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 62.35K

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Joshua Tree Extension (v4.12.2)
5.00 (2) 19
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

The Joshua Tree Extension adds usability enhancements to assist in reading the Housing Bubble Blog, including:

  • Displays the number of new/unread comments in each post summary
  • Hilights new comments so they're easily identifiable
  • Adds a toolbar for jumping forward/backward to the next new comment
  • Ability to ignore(automatically collapse) posts from specified users
  • Adds text formatting buttons to the comment authoring environment
  • Checks for unclosed HTML tags when posting a comment

Version 4.11.0 adds feature (enabled by default) which inlines any images linked in the body of a comment

Version 4.10.0 implements fuzzy username comparisons when evaluating the ignore list

Version 4.8.0 adds "Mark all contents read" context menu to Next button in toolbar

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Extension safety

Risk impact

JoshuaTree requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

JoshuaTree has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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