obscure is the act of keeping something from being seen. As such, this extension does exactly that. Have you ever had to take a screenshot of a piece of sensitive information such as a name or an address? Only to have to open up your favorite photo-editing software to blur it out; then finally upload it to the internet. Ever had to cover up the answers to a math test online to help review because you left it until the last minute? Or even just concealing the profile picture of that specific person you cannot stand? If so, obscure is for you. A lightweight extension to help remove or conceal elements for personal use or to be able to share on the internet.
Once the extension is functional and deemed fit it will be uploaded to Chrome Webstore, from there it can be installed with a press of a button. For now, unless you're a developer the best thing you do is sit and wait. Maybe get a piece of paper and use that for the time being!
Awesome! Then feel free to help the project out, fork a version of your own, or simply criticizes all the mistakes you would have done differently. Regardless, it's a completely open-source project and any form of commitment helps! Hope to see you around.
Currently, the plan is to make something that works. After that, we can discuss the fun stuff. But future ideas are improving upon the functionality from a basic element hider. Make it so you can permanently hide elements or hide elements similar to the one you are currently hiding. Allow it to remember and adapt to all HTML pages of a website. In addition to try and further improve the masking techniques in order to add blurs, complete color overlays, and even removal of the elements. Once the main functionality of the program has been added focus on allowing an easy upload feature to share the obscured image as well as ensuring it works across all forms of documents such as HTML, PDFs, etc.
Well, that's not completely shaped out since the project is still in infancy but it would be nice to have a mobile version that allows the techniques to be used in real life. Perhaps an app to instantly upload an image to a hosting site and do small adjustments such as blurring out a face or a street sign. Finally, this is one part of what could be included in a Browser Suite: a set of simple tools that usually require opening up other programs. For example, the ability to easily screenshot and save your favorite quote, a built-in color picker for finding that perfect shade of blue, easily switching to mobile and tablet versions of websites for developers, or quick notifications to find out your favorite baseball just got removed from the league. (sad face) Nothing is fully flushed out, but in the end it would be an easy way to gain access to a bunch of tools quickly. ##F.A.Q:
Of course, the plan is currently to build the Chrome extension and move on to as many browsers as possible.
No.
For the user? No. However, down the road, it might cost us money to host websites and storing images but that hasn't been flushed out.
Of course, your best bet would be to brush up on Getting Started Creating Chrome Extensions. As well, as the Basics of Github. Once you've completed that you should be able to look around the project and help out!
Most likely not. At this current moment, nothing else comes to mind. Suggest something!