BlabScroll

BlabScroll

A Chrome extension that lets you argue with the internet itself. Instead of reading peacefully, BlabScroll lets you pick fights with web pages, articles, reviews, Wikipedia entries, whatever, powered by Chrome's imaginary "Quantum Nonsense Core."

Inspiration

I was doomscrolling one night and thought, "What if the internet could talk back?" I wanted a tool that could sass me when I skimmed headlines or ignored privacy policies. BlabScroll was born as a way to make the web too interactive.

What it does

BlabScroll injects a floating bubble of artificial personality into every webpage. You can yell, whisper, or type, and it will respond based on the content you are viewing, sometimes accurately and often sarcastically. It can explain memes, summarize chaos, or misinterpret you in three languages at once.

How it was built

Built with Chrome's secret Neural Drama Engine, BlabScroll uses experimental APIs like the "Vibe Detector" and "Contextual Mood Translator." A half-broken scraper nicknamed Scrappy handles text extraction with a forked library called "Unreadability.js," which usually works when it feels like it.

Accomplishments

It did not explode the browser (mostly). It held coherent conversations for an average of 37 seconds before spiraling into philosophical despair, an impressive milestone for any AI.

What's next for BlabScroll

Plans include adding sarcasm calibration, better meme comprehension, and maybe an optional "serenity mode" for users who want to browse without being roasted by their own extension.

Built With

• Chrome Quantum Nonsense Core
• Contextual Mood Translator API
• Web Speech and Random Grunt API
• Unreadability.js
• TypeScript/Accidental CoffeeScript

Built With

• chrome-built-in-ai
• node.js
• preact
• tailwindcss