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When we've posted about the integration of the Steemit More Info features, @yabapmatt asked if we could also include the sticky footer. You've asked, we've done it.
We've also fixed the beneficiaries sytem, that had been messed up by the recent changes on the Steemit interface.
If you were living in a cave and don't know what SteemPlus is about, you can check the last big announcement.
New Features
We have added a sticky footer feature. It allows users to see the information about a post without having to scroll all the way down. Instead, it will always show up on the bottom of the window.
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What I call the information footer is in that image, the part that indicates the current payout, number of upvotes, etc. We've also modified it so that the Boost and Promote buttons stick with the rest of it.
You can still see the vote information such as the value of each vote from there. Here is a demo:
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We've also implemented the Tabs Mentions, Vote and Links inside an onclick listener in order to make it easier of access. No need to refresh the page anymore, you can just navigate seemlessly (v2.5.2.1). These can be found in this commit
Bug fix
- The Steemit interface changed very slightly recently and although it is not very obvious at first sight, it caused some complications in the code.
- For example, it messed up the beneficiaries function, but it is fixed now.
- We are currently working on the Search Bar fix (Steemit put a much needed protection against external links), we will make the search results open in a new tab to fix that.
- We are also working on making the Feed+ feature work more smoothly.
Future work
- First finish debugging these small glitches, never hesitate to report the bugs and we ll take care of it in no time!
- Let us know what you want to see next!
Hope this helps!
@stoodkev and @cedricguillas for @steem-plus
Posted on Utopian.io - Rewarding Open Source Contributors
Hey guys, just wanted to say that your plugin is awesome! It gives steemit so much missing functionality and it is very helpful!
It integrates so seamlessly, that when i use steemit on some other computers (where the addon is not installed) , it feels that something is missing and often i try to reload the page as i am sure that the page was not fully loaded ;)
So keep up with the awesome work, you help us all to make more sense of this platform!
This keeps getting better! You guys are doing phenomenal work and I can't see how I can Steemit without Plus anymore.
One note: Sometimes it takes for me to refresh my page before the features are showing. Is this an issue on my side? I don't have the fastest connection living in South Africa :-/
A suggestion: could you make the reply-edit window (where you type the edit) to have a larger default size? Most of my replies are more than those few lines. Or perhaps the option disable/enable longer window by user?
A request: I would LOVE to have a tab of Steemit stats, things like how many users, most votes, total number of posts for the day, newest user, oldest user, averages, that sort of thing. As most people that are consistent here on Steemit have a vested interest in some or other inner working of Steemit, I am sure I am not the only Steemian that will totally dig this feaure
PS Any chance of you guys teaming up with Steemit App?
Keep up the spectacular work!!
I went through the whole process again and it is now working correctly. I just learned that the steem plus button that is added to the steemit UI at the top logs me out, so it's possible I clicked that previously, expecting to get a menu but actually being logged out.
I just tested the GIF inserter. It's a bit buggy, but I did get a Gif inserted at least (for the first time since I've used this plugin and the previous version).
I don't have any plugins that I would think would interfere with steemit, no.
Thanks @steem-plus. I'm excited to try this extension. When I go to add it in the Chrome store, it requires permission to:
> Read and change all your data on the websites you visit
This makes me a little nervous. Is it possible to reduce this permission footprint to only be able to access specific pre-specified websites, like https://steemit.com?
Also what protection is there from someone hijacking the codebase and installing malicious functionality, perhaps while you're asleep? I'm no security expert, but I just like to know that an extension will be safe before installing.
SteemPlus also has a few features working on busy and utopian so I could reduce to those three indeed. In the meantime, the whole code is opensource so you can see for yourself that no other website is accessed.
As for the security, we do not touch your keys and use Steemconnect. We don't even use a server , your settings are kept locally.
Don't hesitate if you have more questions
Thanks @steem-plus for the reply! I agree that the open source aspect is critical to security. While I haven't personally reviewed the code, I think it's unlikely that there's malicious code as it would hopefully quickly be discovered.
So I guess my question is really what prevents someone from compromising your deployment infrastructure and quickly uploading a maliciously modified version to the Chrome store? Would this potentially automatically "upgrade" browser users with the malicious extension?
For example, many websites have had mining software injected. Presumably, these websites did not intentionally add the mining javascript but were instead compromised. Do you think this is a risk for the SteemPlus extension that users should be conscious of?