Yeah, this one is only marginally useful, can only be considered a "Cool Tool" in the broadest sense of the title, and not nearly as fun of an Easter Egg as we've posted in the past, but it's neat to check out JavaScript internals of the portal nonetheless.
Basically, open up your portal in FireFox (this doesn't seem to work in IE), and hit CTRL-SHIFT-3. That is, hold down CTRL and SHIFT and hit 1, 2, or 3. You'll get a little JS window at the bottom of your portal page showing some JS debug information that you can use to see what's going on under the covers and evaluate ALI portal JS objects in real time.
The "1, 2, or 3" that I mentioned above refers to the log threshold you'd like to look at (use "0" to turn it off); three is the highest.
Fun? If you're a curious techie who gets a thrill out of this sort of stuff. Useful? I've never used it (but then again, I only meet the first two of these criteria. OK, fine, who am I kidding, I meet all three - but it's still never been useful for me).
Find any practical uses for this hidden feature? Hit me up in the comments.
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