Compare Chrome extensions: Universe Refined (1080p) vs ForceCORS

Stats Universe Refined (1080p) Universe Refined (1080p) ForceCORS ForceCORS
User count 3,000+ 2,000+
Average rating 4.82 3.81
Rating count 44 16
Last updated 2018-11-26 2014-03-21
Size 3.74M 81.24K
Version 3.0 1.1
Short description
The updated version of the Universe theme that makes it more compatible and user friendly with the latest version of Chrome Allows forcing Cross-Origin Resource Sharing headers on any desired URL; helpful when accessing remote services from a local host.
Full summary

This theme is an updated version of the Universe theme, originally by Alison Goldsmith, that makes it more compatible with the latest version of Chrome and much more user friendly on the whole.

Features: • Text on the new tab page is now white for much improved legibility against the dark background. • The active tab is now much easier to identify due to the inactive tabs being slightly tinted. • Other minor improvements have been made in order to further optimise the theme.

I had been using the original Universe theme for many years. Unfortunately, Chrome updates have caused it to become very frustrating to use. In the reviews and support for the original theme I could see many others had the same issues that I had with it. Since it was last updated in 2013, I decided I would refresh the theme myself, and after some fiddling, here we are with Universe Refined.

I hope you enjoy this theme and if you know anyone using the outdated version, please let them know that the new and improved 'Universe Refined' is available now. Thank you.

ForceCORS is a Google Chrome extension which allows you to selectively apply CORS Headers to any web server responses you choose. This is extremely helpful when developing a web application that makes Ajax/XHR requests.

The extension requires you to specify the domains that you wish to monitor and allows you to explicitly define the headers to be added. This is preferable to completely disabling XHR security in your browser, which is a big security hole.

Regarding Permissions In order to allow you to append headers to ANY arbitrary location, this extension requires access to intercept ANY web request. However, by default the extension does NOT monitor any web traffic. Only URLs you specifically whitelist will be read by the extension, and only headers that YOU specify will be appended.

Note: Headers added by this extension will not appear in the DevTools "Network" panel due to a known Chrome bug: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=258064

This extension is open source under the MIT License and can be found on GitHub: https://github.com/chrisdeely/ForceCORS