Porkchat

Greater functionality and usability in Stack Exchange Chat

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-07-21

By: fredley

Users: 38

Rating: 4.40 (5)

Version: 1.0.18 (Last updated: 2017-12-13)

Creation date: 2017-12-13

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

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storage

Size: 287.74K

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Summary

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Various improvements to Stack Exchange chat. All features are optional, and can be disabled individually. Includes:

Dark theme - a light-on-dark theme with optional fixed-width font
Quick-text button - quickly add snippets of text from a menu
Drag and Drop uploading - drag and drop images onto the chat window to upload them
Sidebar section collapsing - allow more room for the star list by hiding users/room info
Room topic change notifier - get a diff message when the room topic is changed
Image onebox hider - Fade out images and YouTube previews to 0.1 opacity until they are moused over
Rebecca Black link checker - highlight potential links to 'Friday' by Rebecca Black
Message burning - hide messages with a burning animation
mod whois autocomplete, edit deleted messages, give users write permissions from within a room.

User reviews

Dark chat is best chat

Red McGreg (RedRiderX), 2016-09-03

Great features well implemented, and all toggleable so you can customize your experience.

Michael Dunfield, 2016-06-19

Makes things look a little prettier .. about it. Could definitely use some multi-chat room on the same page/app functionality .. man-oh-man! Well done though homie. Keep it up!

Matthew Davis, 2015-12-04

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