It's interesting how much depth you get out of the additional mechanics, unsurprising the game itself was copied a great deal but coming up with engaging twists on seemingly trivial gameplay seems to have been a lot harder to replicate consistently.
Also a TST user. It take some getting used to, I don't think I'll ever go back to using horizontal tabs.
It is very much functional out-of-the box and it comes with a lot of preferences to choose from. However for a cleaner interface you'll have to customize your UserChrome.css.
I think they're talking about the blog itself not being configured to use HTTPS. I had to add an exception in my HTTPS everywhere extension to read the article.