Urban cycling advocate & Chrome extension developer
Montreal
Joined October 2009
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Great news, a portion of your contributions to my extensions will also help scale emerging carbon removal technologies to help fight climate change. stripe.com/climate
The popular suggestion of custom recurring events is now available in the Checker Plus for Google Calendar.
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Gmail, Calendar and Drive always on your side of the browser with the side panel:
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The Checker Plus extensions were limited to realtime syncing with Chrome for your emails, calendars and Drive files. Now with Firebase it adds realtime support to Edge and other Chromium browsers. jasonsavard.com/blog/realtim…
User feedback is the driving force behind the extension enhancements. I’m all ears when it comes to your suggestions, whether they’re big ideas or small tweaks.
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It’s taken me 6 months to migrate all my extensions to this new extension standard to improve security and performance of the browser ecosystem.
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Using AI in extension development accelerates the process by automating repetitive tasks, such as code generation and testing, leading to faster updates and more time to think of fun ideas.
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Waiting for that email to come in and you keep reloading the Gmail page which takes forever. Just click the Gmail logo and it’ll fetch and update your inbox immediately. jasonsavard.com/blog/pro-tip…
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As a developer I’m always switching between VS Code windows and Chrome using Alt+Tab. Now with a recent update of Windows 11 you can finally see all windows ungrouped in the taskbar. jasonsavard.com/blog/separat…
The year view is now in Checker Plus with events shown, enhancing Google Calendar’s barebones year view.
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Pour plus de détails sur la rue Sherbrooke à vélo: ruesherbrookeavelo.home.blog
Thank you to our videographer Francis @zoombots and Martin Desbiens for the drone footage and to our multiple actors.
As a developer of browser extensions, I am always looking for ways to optimize my code to ensure that it runs smoothly and efficiently. One of the ways I do this is by utilizing the latest JavaScript technologies. jasonsavard.com/blog/fun-wit…
You step away from your computer or you’re lying on the couch and get you a new email, but don’t know who or what is the email. Just enable the Voice Notifications in the options and select a voice to read out your emails when they arrive.
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Hold Ctrl while clicking links in the Gmail extension to open them in the background without closing the email preview.
Copy calendars events with the Ctrl key.
More info:
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Did you know only 1.79% of extensions have 100 000 users and that 4 of my extensions are in that club! jasonsavard.com/blog/the-one…
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Click on the Checker Plus for Google Calendar icon and type “Get laundry in 30 min”. The event will be automatically added for 30min from now. jasonsavard.com/blog/quick-r…
Special thanks to Chris for giving me an award for the development of his website Birdviewing.com a site aiming to help preserve various bird species and their environment.
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