Honestly I recommend everyone learn just a littttle bit of CSS because it really is powerful and just makes bits and pieces of your internet experience more convenient.
Right now I'm cataloguing recipes I've really enjoyed, just trying to get them all in one place. Many of these are instagram recipes and, because I don't trust link rot (aka the possibility that the instagram link goes dead one day), I'm including a screenshot of the recipe along with the link.
But instagram on desktop... looks like this
(Link, for credit. It's a good recipe)
I obviously could just copy-paste the recipe out of there. But a screenshot would be cleaner for how I'm cataloguing these.
And as-is, I'd have to scroll the whole height of that small right-side window about 4 times to fit it all.
But actually... I can just resize that div holding that whole right-side content
Basically I
hit f12 to open the dev tools
clicked the element finder
clicked on an element inside the recipe side
followed it up the tree until I found the element holding the whole recipe side (do this by hovering the div in the dev tools panel way on the right, then hovering upward and up until I find the element which is the highest up that still only contains the recipe-side content)
in the element.style part, set "width: 1000px" and "height: 1500px"
(I notice the width seems to still be less than 1000px, even though it got bigger)
likely suggests there's an element above it with a max-width set
go up the tree higher until I find the element with the max-width and uncheck that style
screenshot ready
Maybe that sounded complicated but it took me probably 20-30 seconds
And this isn't just about screenshotting recipes like.
website with an annoying gif? select gif, delete gif
do you want a clean screenshot of a digital receipt for record-keeping without a large company banner or irrelevant information? delete unnecessary elements, adjust widths, screenshot
SOMETIMES, you can bypass paywalls if they're relying on something like overflow: hidden, or an overlay in the way, or some JS that runs (you can disable JS in the dev tools)
lost the jpg/png file you used for your profile picture and size doesn't totally matter? grab it from the img src while logged in. (you might even be able to find it in a bigger size by changing the url query parameters)
color contrast on an article really bad? find and change background color. find and change font color
want to make a funny fake screenshot without learning photoshop? just edit the page content in the dev tools
This isn't about like being good enough to write scripts or browser extensions. Really if you just have some basic HTML/CSS understanding a hat worth of tricks, you can make so many little adjustments in your favor.
Mars, do you know any good fics about Clexa being friends and having feeling for each other? You know, the 'bff in love with each other but they're frustratingly stupid so there is angst because they see their bff dating assholes because they won't confess their feelings or don't realize they are annoying soulmates' kind. Lately I can't stop reading those. Oh, and I'm waiting for an update of tbu :)
Update of tbu: http://archiveofourown.org/works/6434737/chapters/15744253
As for your request :D
You See the Smile That’s On My Mouth (it’s hiding the words that don’t come out) — this is probably the best example ever, this story is SO AMAZING. An absolute must-read.
Our Hearts (Have Minds Of Their Own) — this one is soooooo gooooood. BFF, fake dating, a lot of cuteness, you know the drill ;) Lexa dates Costia for a while so it still counts right?
when love becomes the reason — the best Clexa BFF/fake dating AU around, need I say more? I know they don’t date anyone else in this one, but it’s still kinda mandatory. Scratch that: it’s completely, absolutely mandatory.
greencard — I LOVE this one! So angsty but so good!
Just for research — they don’t date other people, not yet, but this fic is honestly so amazing. 90% smut though. But still amazing.
Taking the Shot — this one is still in its first chapter but it’s great so far.
Turns out I haven’t read a lot of those AUs o.O so I’ll link you some I haven’t read as well:
traverse the shore with me — I started reading it, and it’s very well written, but it’s also too heartbreaking for my little emotional sensitive heart. Hope you like it though!
Into the Woods — After meeting when they are five years old, Clarke and Lexa quickly become best friends. Six years later, Lexa’s family moves away, and the two young girls are forced to part. When they end up going to the same college, they decide to rekindle their old friendship right away. However, it isn’t as easy as they think when a certain brunette begins to develop feelings for her blond best friend.
EDIT: Work in Progress — the fic I couldn’t remember, it has everything you described in your ask :)
grantgust: Swipe through these in my story. This is something I’ve been thinking a lot about recently and having conversations with friends, family and people on social media about. It’s embarrassing for me personally to admit as a 30 year old adult, but being anti racist wasn’t something I had thought much about. I really thought knowing I wasn’t racist was enough. I knew what was in my heart and I thought carrying that with me would be enough. I’ve always been more comfortable mostly keeping to myself. I’m what you could call an introvert and a homebody. Ironically enough, being in the spotlight or putting myself out there can really make me uncomfortable. I’ve never thought of myself as an activist and I honestly still don’t. I’ve never felt smart enough I guess. I’ve never felt like I truly have something to contribute. But I’ve realized and am realizing that it’s my whiteness that allowed me to think just knowing I wasn’t racist was enough. I was naive. What I’m learning now is that’s not enough. I need to be more actively anti racist. My black friends and black Americans I don’t know are depending on me and other people with skin like mine to use our voices right now. And they always have been. I was just naive enough to think that that wasn’t my fight. That I was “doing my part” by not being racist. I’m going to continue to use my platform and just my every day life and encounters to be a better ally for people that didn’t have the head start in life that I did. I’m sorry it took me so long to get here. I’m here now. I know I still don’t have all the tools needed or all the knowledge to be the best possible ally. But I know now me being uncomfortable is just going to be a part of the equation and I’m willing to have those conversations and to do my best to help.