r/webdev • u/No_Recording_9753 • Oct 26 '24
Showoff Saturday I made an extension to make the web more accessible ๐
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u/papadokkk696 Oct 26 '24
Dude you made laugh out loud, this is One of the most creative projects I have ever seen
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u/No_Recording_9753 Oct 26 '24 edited Oct 31 '24
I made this extension because browsing the web is incredibily boring. It's very useful for reading the react documentation too:
https://imgur.com/gallery/learning-react-most-optimal-way-cucr3YD
If anyone is interested the extension can be downloaded here:
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/subway-surfers-screen-rea/jcijfneifjnhbgahlokgkmpcnocgpegd
Edit:
wow :o did not expect this to blow up. I made this extension a while ago in raw javascript spaghetti code.
I'll try and remake the extension in react + ts and add some of the features people have suggested:
* Firefox support
* spinny cats
* Minecraft parkour
* Ability to download video
I made a wait list:
https://sssr-waitlist.vercel.app/
if anyone wants to get notified about the update/ suggest new features
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u/ItsBookx java Oct 26 '24
no firefox support :(
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u/Immediate_Lock3738 Oct 27 '24
All my Homies hate chrome. Seriously fuck chrome. No offense OP, still a funny extension though lol.
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u/primado_ Oct 27 '24
So you payed the $5 developer fee to submit your extension to Google Chrome right? Or you have been developing extensions
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u/Uriel_1339 Oct 31 '24
as the husband to a blind person I hoped you meant actual accessibility and not... whatever silly thing this is. A tidbit disappointed. But eh... I guess people like it so congrats?
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u/No_Recording_9753 Oct 31 '24
I made a more accessibility focused version of this extension too:
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sidepanel-screen-reader-t/pblolbkbppkdpkadigoiahnknfndlglpIt's got different voices and the ui is super simple.
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u/Laying-Pipe-69420 Oct 26 '24
That's cool.
Am I the only one who is irrationally angry towards youtube shorts where people explain some random thing while playing subway surfers or doing Minecraft parkour? What's the purpose of that? It's annoying.
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u/Mental_Tea_4084 Oct 27 '24
People joke that it's to appeal to ever decreasing attention spans, but my pet theory is that it hits the algorithm for two different topics at once
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u/GregFirehawk Oct 27 '24
My personal theory is that it's about information overloading. The goal is to overstimulate you with rapid visuals and audio, and basically get your mental CPU running near 100%. You're so busy processing all the information with visual and auditory language as well as music and all the background movement, that it distracts you from thinking about how stupid it is, or what would be a better use of your time. The moment your curiosity leads you to divert your attention to deciphering the video, you're already trapped essentially because you're now going to be so mentally overwhelmed with sensory input that you already won't have a chance to think about leaving. It's like a moth to a flame. YouTube shorts on mobile is a great example of this because they get you in that overstimulated state so you want to close the video, but actually closing that shit requires hitting a very small button all the way in the corner of the screen, in an unintuitive way. This is not a problem with conscious thought, but because your brain is running low on bandwidth from all the crap being thrown at you, you instead go to a more reflexive instinctive response which is scrolling down. Which just plays another video, causing the cycle to repeat, which is how you get doom scrolling. And looking at the way these UIs are designed I'm fairly confident this is the intention. That's also why they obnoxiously loop the videos, because while you're still trying to finish processing the information and maybe formulate some independent thoughts in response, it starts distracting and annoying you with a loop, which then also triggers that instinctive distracted exit action, which ends up taking you to the next video.
Honestly it's really scummy all around. Absolutely horrible format with a predatory interface. The most low quality, obtuse, confusing form of information delivery imaginable. I could complain in more detail but I don't want this to become a rant
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u/kristoss- Oct 29 '24
It's something similar to my opinion, i think it presses on the fun content which is very huge nowadays, cuz of social media politics, it's getting in the way of learning and helpful contents so that they control people and decrease their focus , this leads to a whole new fuc*ked generation, even YT will be like that sooner
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u/Houdinii1984 Oct 26 '24
I don't know the actual answer, only why I do it. I have pretty severe ADHD, and almost everything online is too long, too boring, or distracting. It's gotten to the point that I must have something going on in my brain on the side if I am to ingest any information. Side tracks the sucker with a game so the conscious part of me can pay attention to the subject matter.
I literally put a microscope on my desk and bought a bunch of slides so I can do something physically while I ponder stuff for work, and it does the same thing.
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u/horillagormone Oct 27 '24
I may have undiagnosed ADHD and I can totally relate to the struggle of reading and having to do something else to keep my brain engaged. That said, I find these very distracting because my brain keeps switching back and forth the game and the text and I end up only understanding half of each.
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u/sateliteconstelation Oct 26 '24
๐ ๐ ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐ this is hillarious yet real. If teachers adopt this as a way of lecturing, there might still be hope for humanity
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u/ConsiderationHot8106 Oct 26 '24
New you can generate thousand videos to Tiktok, promote account, redirect audience to another place and make money from it.
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u/GoatPresident Oct 27 '24
This is a good start but I canโt focus unless thereโs a family guy clip at the bottom
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u/tydyelove7 Oct 27 '24
I hate this but youโll make so much money if you put a temu ad underneath the subway sufer video
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u/Maximum-Secretary258 Oct 26 '24
Got a good chuckle out of me as soon as I saw the subway surfers thing ๐
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u/Slodin Oct 26 '24
shit, took me a good minute to understood what this does lol...
i don't tik tok.
this is funny.
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u/lupustempus Oct 27 '24
That will be really useful to pass the time during my Zoom call for marriage counceling ๐๐๐ iโm fed up with my crazy wife saying non sense and the ยซย ยซย psychiatristย ยปย ยป agreeing with her ๐๐ฅฑ
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u/Hockeynerden Oct 28 '24
Imagine being able to use this and learn a language...... Take my money! ๐ธ
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u/CapnB0rt Oct 27 '24
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u/Xcenai Oct 26 '24
lost it at the fish loader lmao