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CREST Dotlan Follower by Avil Creeggan

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Avil Creeggan
Bermuda Island Tax Shelter
#1 - 2016-12-06 20:46:27 UTC
I love Dotlan, but I was sad they haven't updated their tracker functionality now that the IGB is dead, so I made a tool to duplicate it. It shows Dotlan and zKillboard for your current system, and updates after jumps with <5sec delay.

You can access my Dotlan Follower here. Cheers!
Screenshot, no banana for scale.

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Data security / open source: I don't store any of your user data from this page and, indeed, 100% of my code is in index.html for you to look at and reuse creatively. You can host your own copy in about a minute if you save index.html, register yourself at developers.eveonline.com, and edit the script's ClientID and redirectURI variables (Ctrl-F). You're welcome to learn from it, but know that I'm not a JS developer... this is a hack, not an example to follow.

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Notes / known issues:

  • zKillboard rendering is a huge hack. You won't be able to click any of the links in that frame without breaking the page, but everything will work fine in the "New Window" popup.
  • Because I don't store any of your CREST information, you'll have to log in again every ~20 minutes or so. This is CCP's security policy, not mine. If enough people use it, I may explore alternatives.
  • Tested only on Windows, in Chrome and Firefox.
  • It was a fast hack, so there's not much error handling beyond the basics. Try not to break it.
  • Comment or EVE Mail me with bug reports or feature requests.