zero-width-chrome-extension
Dev tools
browser extension for text inspection
SHOW HN2018
How HN took it
2 positive, 23 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 31 comments about the project. Thread score -0.09.
Idea: 1 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
useful for seeing hidden characters, would use it
From 2 comments
Please do, and publish as a real extension - I'd definitely use it
Torn on HNIt would be a nice enhancement to do so automatically (rather than on-click), but at least for me, this serves the purpose.
gervase on HN
Objections
clicking a button means users will forget to use it; should be automatic
From 2 comments
I agree with other users who said that it would be nice if this happened automatically instead of on click--I think after the initial novelty wore off, I'd probably forget to…
kerkeslager on HNIt would be a nice enhancement to do so automatically (rather than on-click), but at least for me, this serves the purpose.
gervase on HN
automatic stripping could hurt performance on dynamic pages
From 2 comments
But that would be a performance killer or what?
needToSay on HNHow would you analyse content that's asynchronously loaded and inserted into the DOM? I think DOM mutation observers would be a huge hit on performance.
jannes on HN
Requests
support Firefox
From 2 comments
What about Firefox?
IloveHN84 on HNfirefox ?
srebalaji on HN
automatic detection rather than on click
From 1 comment
I agree with other users who said that it would be nice if this happened automatically instead of on click--I think after the initial novelty wore off, I'd probably forget to…
kerkeslager on HN
reveal other invisible spaces like non-breaking and thin spaces
From 1 comment
Have you thought about revealing things like non-breaking space, thin space, hair space, and so on? I think at least Fecebutt replaces non-breaking spaces with regular spaces in…
kragen on HN
Questions
does it handle ZWJ emoji sequences
From 3 comments
OP, does this mess up ZWJ emoji (like any of the skin-tone-modified emoji)?
lainga on HNMeaning, does it mess this up? https://emojipedia.org/zero-width-joiner/
jedanbik on HNSo does it show the ZWJ within emoji combinations?
tenryuu on HN
does it work on Firefox
From 1 comment
What about Firefox?
IloveHN84 on HN
Alternatives named
unix tools like vis, cat -e, hexdump, od
From 1 comment
A bit tangential, here's a few unix utils you can use to inspect text: `vis`: display non-printable characters in a visual format `cat -e`: Display non-printing characters and…
TheAceOfHearts on HN
Highlight Bad Chars VSCode extension
From 1 comment
There is an extension called Highlight Bad Chars. I installed it after reading this
iyrkki_odyss on HN
Firefox FoxReplace addon with regex rule
From 1 comment
You can use this addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/foxreplace/?src=search Apply an autoload rule with these settings: ``` Name: zero length replacement HTML:…
chanz on HN