shitemove

Replacing estate agent clichés with something a little more truthful.

By Liam Butler (@LiamMakesStuff)

Inspired by Downworthy by Snipe. Logo by Paomedia, with some modifications. Licensed under Creative Commons 3.0.

What is it?

shitemove is a Chrome plugin. When on a property listing it will take words such as 'stunning' and 'stylish' and replace them with words like 'passable' and 'tacky'.

Here are some examples that came up during testing:

Visit the website

I've put together an explanatory page over at shitemove.angryflatcap.com

To do

• Accessibility improvements.
• Performance enhancements. I don't think that I'm using the MutationObserver API to its full potential at the moment.
• A Firefox version (if there's enough demand for one)
• Combine this repo with the shitemove for Firefox repo, making use of the WebExtension API

I haven't been working with HTML and Javascript for that long. If you have any tips on how I can make the interface more accessible or boost the performance, I'd love to hear from you.