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Monday, September 26, 2011

Intellitxt Overload

It seems to me that every time technology finds a way to squash one annoying web "utility" another one shows up that is worse than the one before.  It's good to see that the development community learns from the past, but lets get real, Intellitxt is about the most intrusive, annoying flavor of javascript anyone can handle.
What is Intellitxt, it's a Frankenstein from Vibrant Media. I am sure you have seen then many times, the little green, double underlined words you find on almost every page. You can't even copy and paste text any more without something popping up on your screen. They are the proverbial "kill 1 weed, 2 grow back".
It seems that IE7+, Opera and Firefox all have means of leveling the web-surfing playing field. However, Chrome, in all its innovation overlooked this one. I have tried a number of extensions to rid my browsing day from these sneaky technology traps. However, all failed to date!
I am on a mission to either find an extension that works ... or write my own.  I have a real issue with someone else telling me what to look at while I am trying to do a bit of research of read and article.  Hopefully soon, I can update this post with a viable solution.

My crusade begins now!!

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