1337F0x
(a/k/a LeetFox)
WWWWolf's bored hack of 2005-02-02

1337F0x is a 1337 way to experience the w3.

1337F0x is the web browser of the tr00lY 31337.

Actually...

1337F0x (or 1259504 in decimal, if you prefer) is a custom stylesheet that is primarily compatible with Mozilla Firefox - or any other CSS2 browser that supports custom stylesheets.

Features and bugs

• L33t Colors
• c00l text effects
• 80 column text display enmumblulation
• works with any valid HTML page with well-thought-out layout
• bUgz

Some problems so far:

• Lists not bulleted with asterisks (in CSS I can only specify an image
• Static substitutions (kind of lame inserted texts)
• Colors pulled out of the hat and don't actually follow ANSI colors at all =)

Inspiration

The web browser was largely inspired by some hack that one Finnish demo group (pwp) supposedly made - a HTML-to-colored-text converter. In addition, it was inspired by BitchX, an IRC client that's far too colorful for me to use (well, not that I use IRC much these days anyway.)

This thing was largely inspired by old BBS ANSI art and ASCII art. This isn't really supposed to be an exhortation for people to engage in l33tness. This whole thing is rather playful thing, not really serious, but it isn't supposed to be a bad parody of warez scene. If any actual warez people are reading, just know this wasn't an attack =) Remember: ANSIz and such are C00L.

How to use

1. Download the CSS stylesheet.
2. Stick it in the web browser as a custom stylesheet. For Mozilla Suite and Firefox, you need to stick this in userContent.css file in your Mozilla profile's chrome/ directory. In MSIE, sacrifice a few chickens, check the Accessibility settings on how to change the stylesheet, and bask in the almighty glow of broken CSS implementation. =)

Some FAQlike questions

How well does it work with my browser?

You're watching this thing in action right now. If it works, it works.

It works for me in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.

Is this thing actually usable?

This is supposed to be "l33t", which in turn means "colorful" and "usable if you're used to such monstrosities". If you want practical textual web browsing, may I suggest Lynx or even ELinks? They're considerably less colorful, and don't require GUI, either.

What kinds of web pages does it work?

All kinds. Regrettably, not all sites use CSS the way it should be used, and use table layouts, positioning images, and other weird hacks. Well... kind of an understatement. (::tail between legs::) hardly any site separates content and presentation. So, this isn't likely to work as intended on hardly any website. It does work with sites that have been built with standards in mind. Since Internet Exporer damns all standards, regrettably so do many web designers.

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Well, no one guessed that we'd have custom stylesheets and even Javascriptable browser user interfaces in some day =)

Kind of lame modifications...

Regrettably it's not complete. Mostly because it'd be really cool to use JavaScript and non-static inserted texts. Maybe I'll make a Firefox extension next... =)

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Last modified: Thu Feb 3 13:19:52 EET 2005