CSS Spider – fast and easy way to check, copy and edit CSS

[+] seanwilson|5 years ago|reply

How is this not an utterly shameless clone/duplication of https://getcssscan.com/?

The colour scheme + UI of the tool is almost identical, the first heading "The fastest and easiest way to check, copy and edit CSS" on the homepage is identical, chunks of other text is the same, FAQ questions are identical etc.

I can't understand why anyone would put the work into making something like this and not make a minimal effort to at least write their own marketing text and change the colours.

[+] lol768|5 years ago|reply

It doesn't seem to copy all of the rules?

    {
       box-sizing: border-box;
       touch-action: manipulation;
       overflow-x: visible;
       text-transform: none;
       appearance: button;
       display: flex;
       actualWidth: 269;
       actualHeight: 40;
    }

is what I get on the "try it your self" button, but there's a background-color, a color, an animation etc all set on the element that don't appear.

Also, what's actualWidth / actualHeight?

[+] thrownaway954|5 years ago|reply

As others have pointed out already... this is a blatant rip off of CSS Scan https://getcssscan.com/

not only is the website text copied, the look and feel of the product is ripped off as well.

I wouldn't be surprised if this was some sort of malware.

[+] drcongo|5 years ago|reply

Absolutely nothing happens when I hover over an element after clicking "Try it yourself on this page".

[+] reaperducer|5 years ago|reply

Ditto. If I click on that element I get a black box with a few icons in it, but no actual information.

Safari 14.0 on macOS 10.15.16

[+] frob|5 years ago|reply

For a site supposedly about easy css editing, it is surprisingly unreadable on mobile. This does not give me faith in their product.

[+] Santosh83|5 years ago|reply

Works for me. You first need to click the "try it yourself on this page" and then move the mouse around and try hovering over various parts of the page. The black overlay box follows your mouse cursor and while it is initially empty, once you start moving the pointer, the rules start appearing in it.

[+] Gualdrapo|5 years ago|reply

Wonder if it could be available via a greasemonkey script or the like. The fact it's usable in a web browser with no extension support makes me think it's possible.

[+] Normille|5 years ago|reply

Maybe I'm being dumb here, but why would you use this [and I see getcssscan is an eye-watering $70] instead of just your browser's built in Dev Tools?

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