YouTube Top Comments extension

YouTube Top Comments is a Google Chrome extension that shows (site embedded) video’s Description, Rating and Top Comments on any website. Gives more relevant information about the video clip.

Try different DISPLAY MODES from extension settings to suit your liking.

Install or Download

• Google Chrome : Google Web Store https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/top-comments-for-youtube/ghpjlcjgchnembicaonkegbffefjmbnd
• Safari : will work on it.

Features:

• Allows selectively disabling YouTube Comments on particular websites.
• Shows video’s Top Comments, Rating and Description in compact form under video clip. You don’t have to go to YouTube site to read more about clip as the information is made available right where the clip is embedded.
• Try different display modes from Settings (click Youtube icon in address bar).

I originally created this feature first for my Forum Preview extension. After some use realized that it is useful and is better as separate extension.

top comments for youtube extension on facebook page showing video description and rating

Top Comments For YouTube – chrome extension. Shows description and comments on all website.

top comments for youtube extension on facebook page showing video description and rating

Fix URL Link Redirect – extension

Fix Url Links Redirect Google Chrome extension (1) removes the URL link redirect and takes you direct to destination. Remove the middle man and tracking. Second feature is (2) remove link Referrer.

Two Modes

1. Work on All redirect links (except ones in ‘disable’ list).
2. OR work Only on specific links/sites that you added to its ‘enable’ list. This is default setting.

Try both methods and see which suites you. You train it by adding links to it as you use it.

Install or Download

• Google Chrome : Google Web Store https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fix-url-links-redirect/ngcknmhpnonbbekommfpihpddphgiojd
• Safari : will work on it.

Features:

• Fixes URL links redirect. Allows selectively disabling/enabling fix URL redirect on particular websites.
• Removes link ‘Referrer‘. Its a totally separate feature than fix redirect. It can be disabled in extension Options.

Positive side-effects:

• Removes middle-man / tracking as side effect.
• Quicker page load.

How to use it:
If webpage didn’t behaved or loaded as expected and there is a fix-url icon in Address Bar then click that icon and add the suggested URL to the disable list. As you use the extension more the need to add sites to disable list will get less. Manage list of URLs for which this extension is disabled in extension Options.

• Dark/black icon in Address Bar => extension is disabled.
• Dull Brownish icon in Address Bar => extension detects redirect but it didn’t fix as site is not in its list. Click on icon to add/remove site.
• Red-black icon in Address Bar => extension fixed redirect link.

Why remove HTTP Referrer
When visiting a webpage, the referrer or referring page is the URL of the previous webpage from which a link was followed. Most web servers maintain logs of all traffic, and record the HTTP referer sent by the web browser for each request. Technically the effect of this extension’s ‘remove Referrer’ feature is similar to attribute rel=’noreferrer‘.
For example, if you are looking at BBC.com website and in there you click a link to another website say cocacola.com. Now cocacola site will know that you were viewing BBC website. With this extensions ‘remove referrer’ feature the cocacola company won’t know what website you were viewing.

Note (Sept, 2013), Yahoo changed its website design. So the scenario shown below in screenshot no longer works on Yahoo. Later on, I will update screenshot to a site where you can test the extension.

Fix URL Links Redirect – Google Chrome Extension

Search selected word with encrypted Google

A simple Google Chrome extension that lets you search highlighted word with encrypted (secure) Google instead of the classic open google. This way its hard for the man in the middle to see your search. Adds a right-click context menu item.

Install from google : Google Chrome Extension : Search highlighted word with secure Google

right click context menu item encrypted google search

= Alternative Method =
With this method you might loose the search suggestions.
how-to-add-google-encrypted-search-engine-to-firefox-opera-chrome-and-internet-explorer/

discussion Forum Preview extension shows Photo Gallery and Last Post

Forum Preview extension shows Last Post and Image Preview on Joomla Kunena, vBulletin, Invision board, Social Strata, Fudforum, Google Groups and phpBB based discussion forums. Top Comment preview on Reddit.

In Photo Gallery mode the Forum Preview will construct an Image Gallery on top of forum listing page.

Be the first to make a post on your favorite discussion forum and inform other members and friends about this Forum Preview Extension.

Requirement : Recent or sufficiently fast computer with fast internet connection.

Install or Download

• Google Chrome : Google Web Store https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/noieegogpoppkplmcnamnbhpeafokijg (new features and issue-fixes first come here in Chrome and then in Firefox after month or so)
• Firefox : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/forum-preview ( all and new versions )
• Safari : in the works, coming soon.

NOTE: If people like this then I will add support for other forum software too.

Features:

• Inline Last Post.
• Photo gallery from threads. Custom settings for Gallery. My Gallery (chrome only). Slide show.
• Filter thread titles to ignore certain threads. (beta)
• Image gallery from previous pages of selected thread. Turn this feature on when viewing thread about travel / tour trip or an event etc (beta)
• Auto show new Posts and new Replies. (alpha)
• Force show new Posts and new Replies.
• Hide (fold) all posts. Quick toggle fold posts.
• Avatar effects. (alpha – Google Chrome only)
• New Post Counter. (beta)
• Multicolumn thread list. (Chrome only, vBulletin4, Reddit, phpBB)
• YouTube – Top Comments under embedded player in forum. (Chrome only, vBulletin). Working on separate extension for this. That will work on all sites.
• Ignore previewing ‘Sticky:’ threads.
• Quick Delete of your post in vBulletin 4+ (Chrome only).

Note: Some of the above features are for vBulletin 3.x boards only. Added “Todays Posts” link on vBulletin 4 when signed in. vBulletin 4 (alpha). Click peace icon to open and change Forum Preview Settings.

News / Blogs – Features:

• Hide (fold) all posts. Quick toggle fold to show titles only. Only this 1 feature is supported on news sites like Engadget, TechCrunch, Google News, Huffington Post, TMZ, PerezHilton, BusinessInsider and more to come. Let me know if you need this feature on other popular news sites. (Google Chrome only)

Original Concept. Action buttons, info panels and menus near top and on right edge of screen. Few years back I added new posts information box, easy (un-)fold posts controls near right-top edge for easy access. It seems that location and concept has picked up and lot of new sites are placing all kinds of menu or control options in that location (Area from top-right corner to [1/4 x screen-height] distance from top and on right edge). This is also used in my other popular extension Craigslist-Peek.

Avatar Effects: Works for vBulletin boards, when using Google Chrome (Firefox not supported at the moment) and have this Extension installed on it. See screenshot and See avatars p.l.a.y here. Leave a comment below if you need to create similar Avatar. Probably you will have to email me your Avatar image and link of the YouTube video. Follow these steps (on Windows computer) to modify your Avatar to add YouTube video.
1. Put YouTube video id/code in a .txt file. Goto C:\ directory and create youtube.txt file. Like this:
[youtube]zuCjHXLHGUk[/youtube]
Here ‘zuCjHXLHGUk’ is video code that you can extract from YouTube video address.
2. Open windows ‘CMD’ console. Start->Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt. In Console type
cd \
and press Enter. Now suppose your Avatar image name is originalAvatar.png and its in C:\ directory. In Console type:
copy /B originalAvatar.png + youtube.txt newAvatar.png
That’s it upload originalAvatar.png to your vBulletin Forum and see if it worked. If the steps didn’t worked for you then just leave me comment and maybe I can do it for you.

ISSUES:
Switch Forum Style. If it stops working on forum (e.g. vBulletin) then see if the forum allows you to change style(usually drop down style list is located at bottom of page). Try changing style.

Try it on discussion forums like :-

Groups.Google.com (old format)

Reddit top comment preview.

advRider.com
BCMTouring
Team-BHP
xBhp
notebookReview.com
skyScraperCity.com
animeSuki.com
Manga Helpers
One Manga
ComicVine AnimeVice GiantBomb Screened GameSpot
Naruto viz
digitalSpy.co.uk
boards.ie
pinoyExchange.com
AVS-forum.com
CruiseCritic.com/
flashKit.com
rottenTomatoes.com
disBoards.com
conceptArt.org (slow)
photography-on-the.net
OutdoorPhotographer
animeNation.net
9lives.be
anandTech.com
Mozilla support
UBISOFT game forum
bicycling.com
RealGM games
Turkey Forum
phpBB.com
Bokt.nl
ubuntuForums.org
EA uk/
spanish cars forocoches.com
physicsForums.com/index.php
thePhotoForum.com/forum
XDA-developers
cyanogenmod.org
narutoFan.com
redFlagDeals.com
…
…many more

Forum Preview extension shows last post, photo gallery on listing page.

Shows last post under titles with Forum Preview extension.

Forum Preview extension showing Settings popup.

Forum preview extension showing Last Post inline on listing page.

Forum Preview extension shows last post, photo gallery on listing page.

Forum Preview extension showing regular listing in bottom and the generated Photo Gallery on top.

Shows titles only without Forum Preview extension.

Shows last post under titles with Forum Preview extension. Basically Expands the listing page to show most recent posts.

Reddit Forum Preview extension shows Top Reddit Comment

Google Groups discussion with Forum Preview Extension shows Last Post inline

Forum Preview Extension works on Social Strata powered Ubisoft

Firefox add Forum Preview Extension settings peace icon to top toolbar

Firefox drag and drop Forum Preview Extension settings peace icon to top toolbar

Forum Preview Extension showing Auto check New Posts / Replies on Naruto Viz.

toggle button to expand or collapse inline last post previews

Forum Preview extension linking Avatar effects to show YouTube video

discussion Forum Preview Extension outdoor photographer, photo gallery

YouTube Top Comment preview in vbulletin Forum with Forum Preview Extension.

Updates:
[date 2010-04-21] Version 0.105
* Added to Google Extension gallery.

© 2010 tech4computer

Craigslist Peek extension – image preview

Craigslist Peek is a Google Chrome and Firefox Extension for Craigslist, kijiji (US), eBay Classifieds, 58 同城 and Facebook Marketplace listings page. Craigslist Peek shows Post and Image Preview.

Download:

1. Google Chrome Extension / Web Store https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/craigslist-peek/knpehhedikdgkbmhgagpcpcbclaidlmf (new features and issue-fixes first come here in Chrome and then in Firefox after month or so)
2. Firefox Addon : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/craigslist-peek
3. Safari Extension version coming soon. Both Firefox and Google Chrome versions works in Mac, use them for the time being.

I created this from my other Craigslist extension for cars section. And hence Suggestions feature in the cars and motorcycle section.

Features:

• Short description under listing
• Images under listing
• Multiple Cities listing. Widens your search area to include neighboring cities.
• Photo gallery
• Suggestions in cars & motorcycle section
• Minimum model Year filter cars & motorcycle section
• Auto refresh. Shows new posts on top. New post counter.
• Expands messages in craigslist Discussion forums (beta)
• Filter craigslist search results (beta)
• Split listing to Multiple Columns (chrome)
• Fold / expand listing. Quick toggle fold posts. (chrome only)
• User can customize looks of it to their taste

I removed some features to keep it simple and practical. Later on I might add some features for particular categories of Craigslist.

Seems new changes in Facebook Marketplace are identical to how I was changing Facebook Marketplace with this extension, so now disabled other stuff and only doing image preview in this.

It looks like some sites (Google News : http://news.google.com and others) have now adopted similar concept to what I been doing in Craigslist Peek and Forum Preview. In these when a person clicks on a Post, it opens in a new-browser-tab. This saves you from clicking Back and re-loading the listing after viewing Post.

Usage Tips:

• Enable / disable multiple cities or auto-refresh in Settings according to your need.

Requirement:
Fast computer with fast internet connection.

Screenshots:

showing preview in gallery and list mode

showing list mode with ad excerpts, thumbnails and suggestions

craigslist peek extension - multiple cities listing selection

showing list mode with ad excerpts, thumbnails and suggestions

showing list mode with ad excerpts and thumbnails in real estate section

showing ad excerpt in listing

showing ad excerpt in listing

showing craigslist ad excerpt, thumbnail and suggestions.

showing image preview in gallery mode

showing preview in gallery and list mode

Settings – craigslist peek extension

craigslist peek extension showing preview on Kijiji listing

craigslist peek cars and motorcycle ad suggestion

Settings of craigslist-peek extension. Lets you configure preview image and text.

Settings of craigslist-peek extension. Lets you configure preview image and text.

craigslist peek multiple cities listing

craigslist peek multiple cities listing

craigslist peek multiple cities and new posts indicator

craigslist filter exclude search keywords

58 同城 Image Preview with Craigslist Peek Extension

Facebook-Marketplace Image Preview with Craigslist Peek Extension

Craigslist Peek Extension Car Minimum model Year Filter

Craigslist Peek app listed in Chrome Web Store Editor’s Pick

Updates:
[date 2010-04-09] Version 0.329
* New posts counter on top.
* Improved adding multiple cities for listing
* Support for eBay’s Kijiji to eBayClassifieds change.

[date 2010-04-04] Version 0.305
* Restructured code a bit.
* Now it allows to show multiple cities listing.
* Added auto refresh of listing every few minutes.
* few new options in Settings screen.

[date 2010-03-01] Version 0.165
* Restructured code a bit.
* Fixed one odd case where it wasn’t working.

[date 2010-02-14] Version 0.150
* Added Suggestions (for Cars/motorcycle section only) feature to Gallery mode also. It adds red border around images of ad that the buyer might want to be extra careful about.
* Fixed couple of bugs regarding default settings and image spacing in gallery mode.
* Just checked some similar ff extensions and found that there Settings screen is almost similar to mine.

[date 2010-02-09] Version 0.140
* Fixed couple of bugs regarding click in gallery mode.

[date 2010-02-06] Version 0.135
* Now image preview works on Kijiji listings also.

[date 2010-01-04] Version 0.105

© 2010 tech4computer

CNET : Make car shopping on Craigslist less cumbersome

CNET news of http://www.download.com reviewed and published about my browser extension for Craigslist.

Make car shopping on Craigslist less cumbersome

CNET : Make car shopping on Craigslist less cumbersome screenshot

Lifehacker: Craigslist Car Research extension makes used-car shopping easier

Flash debugger

Flash Debugger was created for my own Flash projects. At that time nothing like this was available. Its a simple cross platform tool and does its purpose well.

Few years back this utility was available for download from my own server for free but then my server went down and I forgot all about it. Now its available at Google Code.
flash-debugger

Its written in Java. Now there are tons of flash debug programs available, thought it might be useful for someone looking for simple hassle free tool.

Browser extension : Craigslist easy phone and email search

Created Google Chrome extension and a Greasemonkey userscript that makes it easy to do search on phone number or email listed in craigslist posting. Its useful for finding out if the listing poster has posted anything else on internet. Easy reverse phone lookup.

craigslist-phone-search

• Craigslist Phone Search as Google Chrome extension or from Google Web Store
• craigslist-phone-search as Greasemonkey userscript for Firefox browser.
• Craigslist Phone Search as Safari extension

If email is listed then it also creates easy search to find out about the website/company of the poster. Also quick way to do reverse phone lookup on US phone numbers.

craigslist phone email search links

real estate secition of craigslist

Cost of buying US car on Craigslist and import it to Canada

Created a Greasemonkey Userscript ( Craigslist Car and motorcycle import cost to Canada ) for any Canadian shopping for car on US Craigslist site.
This is for any Canadian who is looking to buy car or motorcycle from US Craigslist site and import it. It gives approximate overall cost of vehicle in Canadian amount.

If you find this helpful at all then please write a Review.

Import car from US to Canada

© 2009 – 2010 tech 4computer

browser extension : Motorcycle reviews and shopping on Craigslist

Created firefox addon and Google Chrome Extension targeted at people who frequent motorcycle section of Craigslist. It now also works on following sites:

• Craigslist motorcycle
• eBay motors
• Kijiji (US)
• Advrider flea market
• bcsportbikes bike marketplace
• motorcycleforum

• firefox addon : Craigslist motorcycle buy utility + 2. Craigslist Peek
• Google Chrome Extension : Google Web Store – Motorcycle Shopping ( new Features and Issue-fixes first come here in Chrome and then in Firefox after month or so )  or from Craigslist motorcycle shopping + 2. Craigslist Peek
  

Features of the utility:-

• Shows consumer reviews of motorcycle. This is very useful in finding pros/cons of the bike and also if the vehicle suits buyer.
• Shows similar ads on top found elsewhere on craigslist and Oodle. This gives idea of market price and general availability.
• Quick indication of if the motorcycle was dropped or was involved in accident.
• Quick indication if its a moving sale.
• Recently viewed Ads.
• Add your Notes to the ads using Recently Viewed list.
• Shows Factory Recalls. Gives idea of manufacturing defects etc. Also when buying make sure to ask original owner if the factory recalls were done.
• Shows TSB (Technical Service Bulletin). The service information/updates issued by the manufacturer.
• If a phone number (US/Canada) is mentioned in the ad then it creates a link on page which lets one easily search craigslist for other ads posted by the poster.

craigslist ad without the use of firefox addon

top portion of craigslist ad

motorcycle reviews

shows videos of motorcycle make/model

Epinion motorcycle reviews.

Motorcycle review at Review Centre by owner of motorcycle.

Same make / model motorcycle ad listing from Craigslist.

Motorcycle listing from Oodle below Craigslist motorcycle ad.

Updated :
Version 1.224
date: 2010-03-04
* Support for motorcycle sale sections of sites Advrider, BCSportBike and motorcycleforum.

Version 1.223
date: 2010-03-04
* Support for eBay and Kijiji (US).
* Fixed a bug that sometimes caused unresponsive script popup.

Version 1.221
date: 2009-12-17
* Added Oodle listing.
* Enhanced feature-block collapsible functionality.
* Added ability for user to specify ‘year’ and ‘make’ of motorcyle if its not automatically recognized by the extension.

Version 1.110
date: 2009-12-07
* Major change in the layout.
* Added Epinion reviews.
* Added ReviewCentre.

Version 1.10
* Did some code refactoring and renaming.

©  2009 tech 4computer