While Edge and Opera are awaiting approval, you can install v1.2.4 from here, or through the Chrome store
Hi everyone!
On the surface, this update brings a handful of features integrating the extension with other tools and services. We have the first of many features from the LemmyTools userscript, as well as the support for Alexandrite and Photon frontends. You can also directly search for communities through Lemmyverse.net and for posts through search-lemmy.com, among other small changes.
The biggest change was behind the scenes. I’ve completely refactored the code throughout the extension. Now that we have a clearer plan for the extension, I simplified all around, such as consolidating most functions to a central utils.js file. I also reworked the settings, and unfortunately this means you may have to add your home instance again. Moving forwards, it should be a lot easier to maintain the extension and for people to collaborate, which brings me to:
Want to help?
Get started:
I’ve put together some notes on how the extension is structured for those that want to help. The extension itself is fairly simple, and it doesn’t use any particular framework or anything. It should a great first project to work on, even if you are just learning or new to web development.
Having more people add to one place would make it easier for users that are juggling many extensions and userscripts. That’s why I’ve been focussed on having a more intuitive structure for the project and leaving detailed notes and comments. I’m also likely not going to have as much time starting next month so I’m trying to do what I can now to get everything rolling.
If you don’t know where to start or just have an idea, let me know and I’ll see what I can do :)
Yes fair enough, I’ll include a better description as a dropdown in future posts.
Instance Assistant is a browser extension with a handful of tools on Desktop. It started out as a button to redirect to your home instance, but with the help of others we’ve included a few other functions and are working on more.
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: [email protected]
This is the official technology community of Lemmy.ml for all news related to creation and use of technology, and to facilitate civil, meaningful discussion around it.
Ask in DM before posting product reviews or ads. All such posts otherwise are subject to removal.
Rules:
1: All Lemmy rules apply
2: Do not post low effort posts
3: NEVER post naziped*gore stuff
4: Always post article URLs or their archived version URLs as sources, NOT screenshots. Help the blind users.
5: personal rants of Big Tech CEOs like Elon Musk are unwelcome (does not include posts about their companies affecting wide range of people)
6: no advertisement posts unless verified as legitimate and non-exploitative/non-consumerist
7: crypto related posts, unless essential, are disallowed
IDK what instance assistant is.
Would help to lead with a brief intro.
appears to be a sort of mod/admin tool on top of popular frontends
This is probably it’s headline feature
You can see the full description on the relevant store.
Yes fair enough, I’ll include a better description as a dropdown in future posts.
Instance Assistant is a browser extension with a handful of tools on Desktop. It started out as a button to redirect to your home instance, but with the help of others we’ve included a few other functions and are working on more.
You can see more here: https://github.com/cynber/lemmy-instance-assistant#features
Screenshots here: https://github.com/cynber/lemmy-instance-assistant#screenshots