[REQUEST] Browser Add-in/App: Balance Checker!

[The_Gloomfrost]

As more and more people post their 'HI MOM SEND BTC' QR codes, I grow ever more curious to see how many donations they actually managed to get. Same thing with addresses posted in text on websites. I am sure I'm not the only one.

With that in mind, can someone please make a free browser add-in and mobile app that I can easily check bitcoin balances with? It should be incredibly simple since you can just link straight the appropriate blockchain.info URL.

Anyone else interested in seeing something like this? We can start a bounty: 1Hy34nTa54QwGNycCfwBKs6Yp8f719uux3

I will pitch 0.10 BTC for this to start it off.

Edit: BitBox looks like something else on top of this: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=561711.0
Here's their version.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bitbox/bcjdjalcfgbmbmdajpbbaboikhhlobkc

[juancho]

Hi!

I've done this: www.thewonderwallets.com

You can track balances with that.

[The_Gloomfrost]

Not exactly what I'm talking about.

From a browser perspective, the user could just highlight the balance, right click, click 'Check Balance' and it would show
"Total Received: BTCX.XXXXX"
"Total Sent: BTCX.XXXX"
"Final Balance: BTCX.XXXX"

Without having to go to any new tabs or websites. The data could be pulled from bc.info.

Would be even cooler if the add-in recognized text-btc addresses and you can just over over them to see their respective balances.

For a mobile app - it would be a simple QR code scanner that you could launch with a shortcut on your home screen, and would display the same information as above.

[juancho]

Well, I plan to add new features to the site. 

Since it's not a browser add-on, it can be easily used with a short username and a password, from any browser, and sessions are stored for long time unless you logout.

The history of sent/received transactions is one of the features I plan to add: http://thewonderwallets.com/newfeatures.php

If you donate something to this project, I could put my energy into developing that feature very soon.

[The_Gloomfrost]

I think you're over-thinking my initial request. This browser add-in would be to check the balance of any address the user sees on web pages.

Currently, you have to
a. Highlight the address, copy
b. Open new tab
c. Navigate to blockchain.info
d. Paste address
e. Look at 'received', 'sent', 'final balance' fields

I'd like it to be:

a. Highlight or just right click on the address, "check balance"
b. Look at 'received', 'sent', 'final balance', fields via a mini-pop-up or even a hovered-over pop-up without having to right click on the address at all!

[juancho]

ok, good idea.
my site is for keeping track of addresses along time, not the same thing certainly.
If I find some time I could try to develop the add-on you say.

[christopherdebeer]

on it

[christopherdebeer]

I've created this chrome extension so far: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/coin-address-inspector/dmpancddmjhlfjkbidfaphioiikichbd Some feedback would be greatly appreciated.

For more coins and features to be added consider donating to: 1K1WYkeF9WTRmuNj4ZSopWfkspesEB1FxU

Currently only visible in the chrome web store to people with the link. I'll publish it properly when its a little more tested.

[christopherdebeer]

Interestingly its working on addresses on blockchain.info itself as well, which is handy

[The_Gloomfrost]

Hey Chris,

Cool stuff. I checked it out. ALMOST there - I would just make it a nice looking hover over instead of something that replaces the text.
Also preferably if you could make it work with Firefox cause that's what I'm using

[christopherdebeer]

Firefox request is fair enough, but as for having the hover be more obvious, I've tried to make its impact the host pages as little as possible, so keeping it inline, and plain text means it wont break in weird ways and break sites it gets used on. So its a trade-off of being flashy or work everywhere.

todo: firefox version.

chris

[The_Gloomfrost]

It might still collapse sentences if the line is full of text and the address is on the end no?

[christopherdebeer]

Nope, it only adds some extra content to where the address is, and wraps the address itself in a span, so should 'never' break a page.

[The_Gloomfrost]

Still, it's a little hard to see... I would prefer a hover over with 3 lines:
In: B Xx.xxxxX
Out: B X.xxxxxx
Bal: B X. XXXX

And for firefox. You've earned half the bounty if you can provide that (other half was for mobile app). I think it's something really handy so if you provide your address I'll promote it for you though and ask for donations!

[christopherdebeer]

First pass at the firefox version: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/coin-address-inspector/

Also changed to popup to be more inline with your requests/suggestions


chris

[christopherdebeer]

landing page: http://0circle.co.uk/cai/

[The_Gloomfrost]

Better but now it needs to fully overlay over top, and not be within the div. Check out these 2 screenshots:

http://imgur.com/Jjzn0FJ,XOaZd3n#0
and
http://imgur.com/Jjzn0FJ,XOaZd3n#1

Also I would just leave it as 'View'. no need for the 'blockchain.info'

Other than that that's basically it!
Great stuff.

P.S: You should add a screenshot of it working on your site.

[christopherdebeer]

Cool, positioning bugs fixed and updated in firefox addon store:

v0.4 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/coin-address-inspector/

notes:
1. No longer shows info on hover (you need to click on addresses) this is a performance improvement as it would render pages with lots of addresses unresponsive as it tried to get info for all addresses on the page, this way it only fetches data for the addresses you want, ie: click on.

2. Click on the popup to dismiss it

3. Added screenshot to website: http://0circle.co.uk/cai

chris

[The_Gloomfrost]

Good stuff Chris.

Small problem with the 'click to view' though - what if the address is a link like btcoracle.com? Doesn't work then.. Maybe make it an option under the right click context menu?

Also, noticed it didn't work on this site - scroll down to the first comment:

http://www.fr33aid.com/1511/fr33-aid-bitcoins-stolen/

Also maybe make the text arial or something more common - would make it look a lot better IMO.

Edit: Also noticed a pop-up error that happens when you open in new tab websites off of the google search:

http://imgur.com/L3VncjU

Test it: https://www.google.ca/search?q=bitcoin+change+address&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb&gfe_rd=cr&ei=L2EqU7z7OKjE8gfYzYGQBQ#channel=fflb&q=test&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official

Middle click on any of the links and it gives me that error.

Edit 2:
I think this add-on prevents me from using reddit's 'collapse comment thread' and upvote/downvote functionality as well. Had to remove it for now and it's working again.