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Re: Show HN: Bedframe – open-source Browser Extension Development framework

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Post by madacol »

jwong_ wrote: post #9
artisin wrote: post #8

Definitely a much-needed area for development. However, having gone down the browser extension rabbit hole, I've largely shifted my focus to user scripts. Granted, there will always be a need for specialized browser extensions like ad blockers (uBlock[1]), keyboard shortcuts (Vimium-C[2]), and password managers (Bitwarden[3]). That said, I find user scripts superior for most tasks, despite some lacking UI niceties. T…

Do you have any user scripts you find handy or use often?

I recently started to have the same ideas, and I have created 3 bookmarklets and 1 userscript https://github.com/madacol/web-automation

Re: Show HN: Bedframe – open-source Browser Extension Development framework

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Post by madacol »

madacol wrote: post #11
jwong_ wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have any user scripts you find handy or use often?

I recently started to have the same ideas, and I have created 3 bookmarklets and 1 userscript https://github.com/madacol/web-automation

To give you an example

This is a bookmarklet to edit any text on a web page

    javascript: (function() {   document.body.contentEditable = true;   document.body.spellcheck = false;  })();
Very useful when I want to grab a screenshot and I want to REDACT personal information

Re: Show HN: Bedframe – open-source Browser Extension Development framework

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Post by jwong_ »

madacol wrote: post #12
madacol wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recently started to have the same ideas, and I have created 3 bookmarklets and 1 userscript https://github.com/madacol/web-automation

To give you an example This is a bookmarklet to edit any text on a web page javascript: (function() { document.body.contentEditable = true; document.body.spellcheck = false; })(); Very useful when I want to grab a screenshot and I want to REDACT personal information

Hey that's neat! Super annoying having to dig through the dynamically-generated DOM.

Re: Show HN: Bedframe – open-source Browser Extension Development framework

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Post by [deleted] »

artisin wrote: post #8

Definitely a much-needed area for development. However, having gone down the browser extension rabbit hole, I've largely shifted my focus to user scripts. Granted, there will always be a need for specialized browser extensions like ad blockers (uBlock[1]), keyboard shortcuts (Vimium-C[2]), and password managers (Bitwarden[3]). That said, I find user scripts superior for most tasks, despite some lacking UI niceties. T…

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Re: Show HN: Bedframe – open-source Browser Extension Development framework

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Post by felipesabino »

I just recently came across Plasmo [1], which is very mature and a good entry point for anyone starting on the browser extension environment (like I am). It would be nice to see some comparisons in the future when Bedframe's docs are published

[1] https://docs.plasmo.com/framework

Re: Show HN: Bedframe – open-source Browser Extension Development framework

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Post by dataviz1000 »

Nice. Thank you for making this. There is a huge benefit to using Turbo Repo. I was frustrated with adding any other extension framework to my monorepo. My extensions don't live in isolation but connect to other web, electron, and server apps. With this I can refactor types and design systems easily across the apps.
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