Use this Chrome extension for the following:
- While doing a screencast recording, this will clearly show where your mouse cursor is and where you click on the page. This can be useful for doing webapp tutorials.
- While doing an online presentation, this can help so that your audience can clearly see where your mouse cursor is.
- If you use Chromecast, this can highlight your mouse cursor to make it easier to spot.
Notes:
- I am NOT a programmer and this is my first Chrome extension. I made extension because I saw a need (for myself) and didn't find anything suitable for what I wanted.
- I realize this extension is not that great and has a lot of room for improvement.
- Below I have a basic roadmap of what I intend (hope) to do with this extension.
- If you have any suggestions or would like to help, you are welcome to send me an email at mckayc+mclick@gmail.com.
- To get the most utility from this extension, you should lower your expectations.
✓ Version 0.2 - Have a basic functional extension.
- Mouse cursor is highlighted when moving on the screen.
- There are mouse click indications for mouse down and mouse up.
- You can turn the extension on and off.
✓ Version 0.3 - Have user input for most basic functions.
- User can input custom values for highlight size for all functions (move, click, mouseup, etc).
- User can input custom values for colors.
- User can input custom values for opacities.
✓ Version 0.4 - Polished extension. - Still needs more work Autosave
- Icons will be improved and looked better.
- Options window will actually look nice(r) and only be as big as needed.
Popup window instead of full window. (I don't think this is actually possible.) - Default settings for extension will make it look nice and negate any need for most people to ever use options.
Version 0.5 - First release.
- Do thorough testing and bug fixes. Make sure basic functions work as intended in most circumstances.
- Package extension and put it on the Chrome app store.
- Add example gif in this README.md
Version 0.6 - Extended features.
- Improve transitions and animations (give user options for these?).
- Come up with something nifty for click and drag. Perhaps a new div shape?
- In options, have live preview for shapes.
Version 0.7 - Improve options. No need for manual input.
- Start implementing some of Dallin's code such as right click, left click, middle click and double click.
User has the option to use color picker for colors.- User has the option to use a slider for object size.
User has the option to use a slider for opacity.
Version 0.8 - Explore more features. Test features to see if they are useful or not.
- Have an indicator for scroll up and scroll down. (?)
- Improve animations.
- Have user options to toggle every feature.
Version 0.9 - Bug fixes, code cleanup, and final polish.
- Fix all bugs so that the extension works in all likely environments.
- Look over code and clean up what is not necessary. Improve comments to make extension more useful to someone who wants to fork code.
- Make any last changes for version 1 release.
Version 1.0 - Release!
- Rerelease on Chrome app store.
- Share extension with coworkers and friends.
- Write blog post about extension and do some promotion.
- Update roadmap for version 2.0.
- Buy myself ice cream and/or pizza and celebrate.
Version 2.0+ - Start integrating keyboard indicators.
- Come up with a slick way to show keyboard key presses.
- Find out how to display key press combinations.
- Allow user options to toggle this feature.
- Be able to use on more than just the active page.
Credits:
- For the basic framework of this extension, I looked at the Chrome extension "mouse_thing" (https://github.com/jared-schmidt/mouse_thing).
- For the color picker, I used Spectrum (https://bgrins.github.io/spectrum).
- For the value sliders, I intend to use Simple Slider (http://loopj.com/jquery-simple-slider/) though I have not figured out how to implement this yet.
- For bug fixes and additional code, I enlisted the help of my friends Matt and Ryan as well as my brother Dallin.