Porkchat

Greater functionality and usability in Stack Exchange Chat

Porkchat

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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:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • storage
Size: 287.74K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

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

Great features well implemented, and all toggleable so you can customize your experience.
by 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!
by Matthew Davis, 2015-12-04
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Porkchat requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Porkchat may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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