I built this for fun and to learn how chrome extensions worked. I was inspired (and forked the original code from) chpmrc's [extension to replace zero width characters with emojis] (https://github.com/chpmrc/zero-width-chrome-extension) when I realized how useful it would be to have an extension that would strip these characters out without manual effort.
This chrome extension automatically strips out the following zero width characters:
- U+200B
- U+200C
- U+FEFF
- U+200D -- disabled by default as it breaks certain characters and emojis. Can be enabled in the extension's options.
You can install it as an "unpacked" extension or from the Chrome Web Store.
Once you've installed it you can verify it's working by visiting Umpox's zero width demo page and verify your "username" is no longer detected
Here's the extension in action:
