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cynber edited this page Aug 27, 2023 · 45 revisions

Changes with v1.2.5:

  • **Find posts about the page you are
  • Find posts about a webpage: If you click on the extension icon on any webpage, you will see a "We found X posts about this page" message. The extension runs a search on your home instance for the URL
  • Post to Lemmy/Kbin: Click on the extension icon on any webpage and you will find a


Future Plans:

For the most up to date information, see the issues or the project road map

Cool new updates being discussed

  • opening posts in home instance
  • When not on lemmy/kbin site, ability to "post to lemmy/Kbin" or to check if a link has already been posted
  • Reddit migrator tool, similar to mobile site tool in Voyager frontend
  • Prepping for Firefox Mobile app, now that they are opening mobile up to all extensions!
  • Keyboard hotkeys, possibly collaborating with someone that already implemented something similar


FAQ

What features are going to be implemented?

As new features are discussed, they usually fall under 3 categories

  • related to cross instance functionality: These are features that are better served by a browser extension as settings/abilities need to extend past any particular instance
  • should be in Lemmy/Kbin core, but isn't being implemented in the next 4 months
  • should be in Lemmy/Kbin core, and will not be worked on for this extension

While we will look at most issues, some issues are better left to be implemented in core. As Lemmy and Kbin are open source projects, you are able to request features directly.

Potential privacy/security risks with "Open Posts"

This is a great feature that will find any posts on Lemmy that are about the webpage you are on. If someone made a post with that same URL, or if they linked the webpage in the post somewhere, this feature will find it. I encourage you to use this button! However, you should keep the following in mind: In order for this feature to work, it needs to send an API request to your home instance with the URL you want to search for.

This URL will be sent over the internet, and the API request may be logged by your home instance. This can be a problem if there is any sensitive information in the URL (ex. if you are on a banking site with awful security). This can also be a problem if you don't want your home instance to tie that URL to your IP address.

No other account details or personal information is sent in the API request, and there is little risk with most websites. From what I can tell, instance admins don't even keep logs for long, and the logs are only used to deal with spam/DDOS. If your home instance is not trustworthy, I'd recommend you move to another instance. I've included this warning because it was the only risk that came to mind, but other websites, browser extensions, or apps may not do that.

NOTE on automatic searches:

I initially made it so that the extension would automatically search for the posts when you opened the popup, and so you would be greeted with a friendly "We found X posts about this page." when you opened the extension. I ultimately removed the feature after considering the potential issues. At this time, there are no plans to have an indicator that automatically searches pages to see if content has been posted.

We may look into allowing users to whitelist websites as needed, if this is a requested feature.


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