Codetrail

IDE–web-browser integration.

User Study FAQ

• Are the data I send submitted securely?
  Yes. Your data are transmitted using SSL. Although CSAIL servers do not use certificates signed by an authority recognized by Firefox, the Codetrail extension contains its own copy of the certificate to validate the connection.
• Who approved this study?
  The MIT Committee On the Use of Humans as Experimental Subjects, as with all MIT research where people are subjects.

General FAQ

• Who are you?
  Codetrail is primarily the work of Max Goldman, a member of the User Interface Design Group (headed by Rob Miller) at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
• Where does Codetrail store data?
  In your Eclipse workspace directory, under .metadata/.plugins/edu.mit.csail.uid.codetrail.core,
  and in your Firefox profile directory (file names start with codetrail).
• How do I uninstall Codetrail?
  Uninstall the Eclipse plug-in from Help > Software Updates > Manage Configuration, find the plug-in, right-click and choose Uninstall.
  Uninstall the Firefox extension from Tools > Add-ons.
  If desired, you can also remove Codetrail's data files (see previous question), which are not deleted automatically.
• Is the source code for Codetrail available?
  Yes, under the X11 a.k.a. MIT License. Follow this link to the source.