PandaCrazy Max

Extension for Mturk.com to Collect HIT's for you at a set time value. Lot of organizing of panda's for easier use.
What is PandaCrazy Max?
PandaCrazy Max is a task-collecting Chrome extension developed for MTurk. It assists users by automatically grabbing HITs (Human Intelligence Tasks) using a pre-set timer. Moreover, it offers efficient organizing of pandas, alarm notifications, queue management and a search feature for requester ID or HIT-related terms. It carries a dedicated search page, Search Crazy, aimed at locating specific HITs. Keep tabs on your MTurk tasks, manage time more effectively and maximize your efficiency with PandaCrazy Max.

Extension stats

By: allbyjohn
Users: 20,000+
Rating: 4.23 (13)
Version: 1.0.7 (Last updated: 2023-03-08)
Creation date: 2021-01-06
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • contextMenus
  • storage
Host permissions:
  • https://worker.mturk.com/*
  • https://www.amazon.com/ap/signin?*openid.return_to=https://worker.mturk.com/*
Size: 3.60M

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Extension summary

This extension is only used for MTURK, Amazon Mechanical Turk, to help in finding and grabbing tasks for a human to work on and get paid where computers may not be able to do. The tasks on MTURK are called HITs, Human Intelligence Tasks, which this extension will try to grab for the user. This extension is not able to create an account, explain MTURK or give any support for MTURK.

Webpage: (https://pandacrazymax.allbyjohn.com/) Documentation: (https://github.com/JohnnyRS/PandaCrazy-Max/wiki)

The extension uses a timer which by default is set at 1 second to grab a panda link from the added jobs. Each job that is added from an external or internal button will be shown in the panda tabs area. If you want a job to start to collect you need to click on the collect button. Each job that is collecting will take turns being fetched by the extension using the timer value. So if you have 5 jobs collecting it will take about 5 seconds to try to grab any HITs from those 5 jobs. When the extension detects that a HIT was accepted it will sound an alarm and/or send a notification to the user. On the bottom the queue watch tab will show any accepted HITs in MTURK queue. Once you have HITs accepted you can go to the MTURK queue page and work on the HITs. This extension will not do your tasks for you.

The searchUI page which is called Search Crazy is where all search jobs will be placed. Any search jobs on this page are called search triggers. The extension will monitor the MTURK search page for any of these triggers you have set. You can have triggers look for a requester ID, group ID or a word in the title/description of a HIT. Once the script finds a HIT it will create or start a panda job on the pandaUI page according to options set for the trigger. Any HITs found from a custom trigger with a word or phrase in the title or description and price will sound an alarm and be shown on a tab where you can start collecting it. There is a way to auto collect some HITs too but with limits so your queue won't get filled up with HITs you don't have time to finish.

The extension does save stats and HITs history in a database on your computer for future use. You may also export all of your job and trigger data to a file so you can transfer it to another computer or have a backup for emergencies. The alarm sounds can all be changed to a mp3 sound you want if you don't like the default sounds.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works great with the Hit Forker script
  • Legit tool for managing HITs
  • Quick Start Guide available for users
Cons
  • Frequently experiences issues like CAPTCHA prompts
  • Has freezing problems requiring re-enabling
  • Settings reset to default unexpectedly
  • Broke after recent Chrome updates
  • Doesn't grab HITs directly from requester searches
Most mentioned
  • Please fix this issue
  • After 5/26/2022 Chrome update this extension is broken
  • It keeps losing settings after a day
  • Captcha issues are frequent
  • A request for features like one-click hit return
Recent reviews
I AM FACING FETCH ISSUE , PLEASE SLOVE THIS PROBLEM
by Amazon Mturk, 2024-07-23

After accumulating a certain amount of HITs in my queue, HITs stop being collected and I get an error that says, "400 Bad Request - Request Header Or Cookie Too Large," on all Mturk pages except the Dashboard. It happens on PC and PCM on both Firefox and Chrome. The number of HITs is different for each version. It usually fixes by restarting the browser and then completing a HIT before restarting collection, sometimes I have to delete my Mturk cookies. I only have 1 panda going for a specific HIT. I have been experiencing this for the last 2-3 months Please resolve this
by venkisingle, 2024-01-28

Hi I am getting frequently captacha found when i clicked it, it shows nothing and again same captacha coming number of times can you tell me how to avoid this
by Ravi B, 2024-01-27
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Extension safety

Risk impact

PandaCrazy Max may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

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

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