xkcd #37
Overview
xkcd #37 is a Chrome extension developed by Thomas Steiner.
According to the data from Chrome web store, current version of xkcd #37 is 1.0.6, updated on 2020-12-05.
77 users have installed this extension.
11 users have rated this extension with an average rating of .
developer website: blog.tomayac.com
This extension actually implements xkcd #37. Yeah, for real.
Albeit famous exceptions exist in form of Wikis, the Web today is still mostly a read-only experience. This leaves the Web content consumer exposed to all sorts of typographic cruelties, such as representing the ellipsis character ’…’ with three single full stops “...”, incorrect usage of a normal space where a non-breaking space would be preferred and even omission of the Oxford comma... While fighting the cause, namely sloppy Web authors, is like a fight against wind mills and certainly impossible to realize on Web scale, fighting the symptoms is a realistic option. Using client-side work-arounds, the Web can actually be fixed one page at a time. With this extension, we show how via part-of-speech tagging and JavaScript DOM event listeners, the Web can be made a better place.
On a related note, this extension has the bad ass-feature of actually implementing xkcd #37: http://xkcd.com/37/ Yeah, for real
Read the accompanying scientific paper: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9LlSNwL2H8YbkpsV0pLQnM2bXc
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Terra Ashley
2016-06-08
I use this semi-frequently for adding custom regex replacements, however: one of the default rules breaks google image search (fancy-apostrophe/quotes, I believe?). Also, *all* of the word-type related rules break (such as adding Oxford commas). as this is the only Oxford comma extension on chrome, that fact makes me quite sad. |
Michael Volling
2014-10-04
This addon breaks google image search |
Conrad Yang
2014-08-06
This extension breaks Google Image Search. |
Vorname Nachname
2013-12-30
Kills the DOM...needed 2 hours to figure out why my website wasn't working anymore. |
Anoji Rox
2012-09-22
added xkcd #1031 too! sooo funny! |