[Webpub] firefox extension: MeasureIt

[Lisa Mayer]

Here’s a nifty extension, you drag your mouse across the page and it  
gives you the pixel width of your selection. It’s called MeasureIt.  
It still needs a couple of tweaks:

Known Issues (in order of importance)
Jittery artifacts when moving ruler box (Fx 1.5)
MeasureIt does not override general div styles that may be set on  
webpages (e.g. http://shootout.alioth.debian.org)
when page refreshes, ruler closes yet value still set to “on”
no scrolling individual frames in frameset
flash objects disappear when MeasureIt is activated

But otherwise could be a handy little app…Thanks to Michael Dutton of  
IS&T’s Usability Lab for this post idea!  To comment on this post,  
visit http://webpub.mit.edu/?p=41

See you around the 'net
Lisa




Lisa C. Mayer
Web and Database Consultant, DCAD
Information Services and Technology (IS&T)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room N42-240C
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-452-4225
lmayer at mit.edu


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