Reviews for Fake Data - A form filler you won't hate
Fake Data - A form filler you won't hate by Hater Apps
Response by Hater Apps
Developer response
posted pirms 6 gadiemHi Gamesh,
First, thank you for your review and suggestion. The countries that are generated are real, but about the cities you are right, they are not.
On my list of "Cool stuff that would be nice to have implemented at some point in the future", there is a section where you will be able to edit the database of names that are used to generate the data, but I cannot tell right now when it will be fully implemented.
However, I can help you overwrite the City generator and make it generate real city names. Just send me an email and we'll fix it.
First, thank you for your review and suggestion. The countries that are generated are real, but about the cities you are right, they are not.
On my list of "Cool stuff that would be nice to have implemented at some point in the future", there is a section where you will be able to edit the database of names that are used to generate the data, but I cannot tell right now when it will be fully implemented.
However, I can help you overwrite the City generator and make it generate real city names. Just send me an email and we'll fix it.
19 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by BrayanCaro, pirms gadaI'm a font end dev and this addon is a life changing!, I absolutely love it!
- Rated 4 out of 5by Dmitry, pirms 2 gadiemWhile it does the job, it also eats a lot of resources in the background (could take up gigabytes of RAM and a CPU core for nothing) and does few requests for some reason. Which not only thrashes console with warnings when you work locally, but very concerning as well, because why would an extension like this would make any XHR requests at all?
I got rid of it and do not recommend it. I cannot seriously support my claim since Firefox resource manager does not show which extension takes resources, but my browser got significantly better after I disabled it. I advice fellow Firefox users to look for an alternative.Developer response
posted pirms 2 gadiemHello,
The XHR requests are only made if you enabled the "Ultra" features inside the extension. By default, these are disabled and need a manual confirmation to enable them. These features include creating disposable email addresses, so the XHR requests are created at defined intervals to check if you received any new messages on these addresses.
Regarding resource consumption, it could be true. Extensions can behave differently on different systems. I would gladly investigate with you this issue, and the one with XHR, if you can provide me with more information that you might have by email at frustrations@haterapps.com
Thanks! - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 17307748, pirms 2 gadiem
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14213835, pirms 3 gadiemIts cool as it fill name and email with dummies of the same type and not just any random text
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17045189, pirms 3 gadiem
- Rated 5 out of 5by MarNicGit, pirms 4 gadiemI absolutely love this addon! It decreased the time spent testing things dramatically and makes life so much easier. The $3 pro license is 100% worth it and I will be recommending this addon to all my coworkers.
- Rated 5 out of 5by iamRahul1995, pirms 4 gadiem
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 15375305, pirms 5 gadiem
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15038668, pirms 5 gadiemThis is one of the most comprehensive, feature rich and well made autofill add-ons I have ever stumbled upon.
Easy to use with great interface and autofill hotkeys. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14691812, pirms 5 gadiemThis is far, far better than all the other form fillers i've tried.
- Rated 4 out of 5by Gamesh, pirms 6 gadiemoverall is great and love the learning feature. Would also be great if cities and countries provided real existing data, and not some made up cities that don't exist.
Developer response
posted pirms 6 gadiemHi Gamesh,
First, thank you for your review and suggestion. The countries that are generated are real, but about the cities you are right, they are not.
On my list of "Cool stuff that would be nice to have implemented at some point in the future", there is a section where you will be able to edit the database of names that are used to generate the data, but I cannot tell right now when it will be fully implemented.
However, I can help you overwrite the City generator and make it generate real city names. Just send me an email and we'll fix it. - Rated 1 out of 5by Hammarstrand, pirms 6 gadiem
- Rated 5 out of 5by AMG_63, pirms 6 gadiem
- Rated 5 out of 5by RED, pirms 6 gadiem
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14231883, pirms 6 gadiemThe input generation is really good.
In addition the shortcut to fill the entire form is very nice.
However making this more intuitive (by adding the option to the context menu) or by stating it directly,
users would immediately know how to do this.
Given this seems to be the most important and most common use-case the amount of effort should be minimal.
Like single clicking on the browser toolbar icon or adding right-click "fill entire form" support.
However, since I now that it works, I am fine. However it seems to be a UX flaw for starters.Developer response
posted pirms 6 gadiemUPDATE: Thank you for your update and feedback! I will consider your suggestion in the next update and will try to make these options more intuitive.
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Hello,
The rating is a little dissapointing because Fake Data knows to fill entire forms at once.
The default shortcut for that is Cmd + Shift + Double Click on a Mac, or Alt + Shift + Double click on Windows and Linux.
If you are having any trouble with that, please send an email at frustrations@haterapps.com and I can help you. - Rated 5 out of 5by Olloff, pirms 6 gadiemtl/dr: Absolutely wonderful extension.
Pros:
1) powered by faker.js library capable to generate almost any data for dozens of different locales;
2) extensible with javascript, so it can do anything, ANYTHING YOU WANT (except sandwiches, believe me, I tried);
3) supports custom inputs which means you can fill previously filled forms with one (well, actually two) clicks;
4) supports using window. properties, so you can generate logically bound data (generate (gender) male -> (full name) John Ronald Reuel Tolkien -> (initials) J. R. R. -> (email account) jrr.tolkien@example.com and so on) with idk, 3-5 mins of coding.
Cons:
1) can autodetect inputs as long as their name or id are exact same as generator name;
-----My mistake, but i doomed to use this extension with crapcoded apps, so I'll never see this feature working-----
2) currently you'll need to switch locale manually in the settings (this matters if you need both localized and english generators, like chinese names but latin emails).
-----It appears i was wrong, see developer answer.-----
Edit:
I need to be more careful with my statements, so I'll just add 2 Lorem ipsums to overall score.
12 Lorem Ipsum / 10Developer response
posted pirms 6 gadiemHello Olloff,
Thank you for your review!
I completely agree with your cons, but I want to mention few things, just to make sure that you are getting the most from the extension:
1) The fields are automatically detected by their name or their id as long as it's exactly the same with the generator name. If not, then you will have to manually select it, like you said.
2) It might not be very intuitive, but you can actually change the locale setting for a specific generator or a specific field by using the custom code feature. In the future, if there will be a menu for "Extra options" for each individual field, changing locales will be there. - Rated 3 out of 5by SkywalkerPL, pirms 7 gadiemThis plugin only works with proper HTML inputs. It won't insert content into WYSIWYG editors (any divs that are made to be editable via JS) nor javascript alert popups.
Also author apparently refuses to add an auto-fill option which is quite a deal-breaker if you're into automation and speeding up your tests.
Overall... decent plugin if you're not doing much and working only on a short, basic HTML forms. Pointless otherwise.Developer response
posted pirms 7 gadiemHello SkywalkerPL,
Thank you for your review and suggestions.
I understand that the missing features you mentioned are a deal-breaker and are making the addon pointless for more complicated tasks.
To prove that I value your review and opinion so much, I have a surprise for you, packed with one good news and two bad news:
- the good news - the next version of the addon (v1.12.0) has been submitted for approval and will contain a feature to fill an entire form at once with fake data
- the bad news #1 - from past experiences, the approval process on Firefox takes a while.
- the bad news #2 - this is regarding the other two features you mentioned:
-- Inserting or manipulating any kind of data in alert popups is not possible due to browser limitations.
-- Inserting data in WYSIWYG editors might be possible but will require different implementation for each editor, which will make the addon bloated.