twiks chrome extension

What is twiks?

twiks is a url opener extension for chrome. it's a free extension , it has 26 active users since released its first version, it earns an average rating of 5.00 from 1 rated user, last update is 669 days ago.

What’s new in version 1.2.0?

                The 2023 Twitter Power Extension!

- Power-up your productivity on Twitter with an undo tweets button, pause live feed, and more magic!

- That one extension you'll always need!



?  Features 

  - ?  Undo your tweets 

  - ⏳ Count-down timer 

  - ? Double-click to tweet without waiting 

  - ?  One-click button for a cute picture of a pup to keep you happy anytime!

  - ⏸ Pause Twitter's automatic live feed refresh

  - ? Disable Twitter's URL shortening (https://t.co/) that obfuscates URLs

  - Open-source (https://github.com/lirantal/twiks)

  - Minimal set of permissions and full transparency!



?  https://twiks.pro

Get your license and kickstart a new Twitter experience!

--- Changelog ---
? 2021/01/23 - v1.2.0
Fixed support for newer Chrome installs with manifest v2 to v3 migration
Fixed page observer glitch

--- Changelog ---
? 2021/03/06 - v1.1.1
Fix CORS issue with extension

--- Changelog ---
? 2020/10/07 - v1.1.0
Fix update buttons area to be all clickable
Fix blocking twitter feed to only be in the scope of new tweets and not conversations 

? 2020/10/06 - v1.0.10
Fix for block all timeline/* updates to account for home.json and home_latest URLs

? 2020/09/19 - v1.0.9
Fix  Undo button to add a little bit more spacing on the right so it looks perfecto!

? 2020/09/16 - v1.0.8
Add new feature for disabling Twitter's URL shortening which replaces URLs with a https://t.co/ tiny URL.
Fix "Pause" live feed button to have better text and icon that are friendlier
Fix typo in search links

?  2020/09/06 - v1.0.7
Fix for extension starting up with live feed paused by default

?  2020/09/04 - v1.0.6
Add support for license key validation and loading indicator when checking the license

?  2020/09/02 - v1.0.5
Fix for Twitter's both GET and POST requests to load new tweets on the timeline. Now the extension intercepts both methods to stop Twitter from refreshing the feed.

?  2020/08/30 - v1.0.4
Add random happy dog picture button
Fix visual horizontal line from the sidebar for a clean look

?  2020/08/29 - v1.0.3
Add feature of search links into the sidebar for quick-searches
Add licensing capabilities

?  2020/08/21- v1.0.2
Update styling of extension's popup 


--- Feature review ---


✅    Undo tweets

Customize the time to count-down and as soon as you hit the Tweet button on the main page, a countdown timer begins, giving you a safety time window to review the text again and make fixes as necessary. You can at any time undo the tweet, to cancel the countdown, make changes, and hit the Tweet button again for a new countdown.

How many times have you had spelling errors?
You hate tweeting too fast and then regretting that offending message?

No more! have a safety tweet button that guards you from making these mistakes.

Are you 100% sure of yourself? double-click the Tweet button to bypass the Undo functionality.



✅    Pause the live feed

Do you find it annoying that Twitter auto-refreshes the timeline and updates the feed with new tweets while you are scrolling? Me too. That's essentially why I started building this extension. It made it really hard for me to find conversations while scrolling.

This feature allows you to pause/resume the live feed updates with a click of a button. Like, literally!



✅    Random happy dogs pictures

It is sometimes very lonely at Twitter. I feel that too.

Do you feel like you need a cute picture or gif of a dog to turn up your happiness level? Say no more. I got your back. One click button to show you a random cute pup in action.



✅   Minimalistic permissions

I'm very conscious of the security and privacy of you as an individual.

This extension only requires the set of permissions that it absolutely needs in order to function properly:
   * storage - to save your customized settings

   * webRequest & webRequestBlocking - to monitor twitter's HTTP requests to load timeline tweets in your timeline so it can block them, thus disabling the automatic live feed refresh.

   * only operates on the limited set of URL addresses conforming to this pattern ://*.twitter.com/* and so it avoids injecting itself to all other URLs and websites.



✅   Open Source

The open-source and public-facing part of this extension is managed in the open on GitHub https://github.com/lirantal/twiks and it only includes the code related to the Undo button, which is part of the freemium offering of this extension. If you wish to receive the full source code for the extension for educational purposes (or security scrutiny) I'm happy to make it available for you. Just contact me and I'll send you a copy.            

How to install twiks?

You could download the latest version crx file or older version files and install it.

Preview of twiks

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Reviews of twiks:

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Liran Tal September 4th, 2020

I use it daily! Of course. Because I built it ? But it's true. I built this extension for myself out of my own needs for a better Twitter experience. Something that helps my day to day workflows. I hope you all enjoy it ❤️

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