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Show HN: Open AI is not Open – A browser extension

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Re: Show HN: Open AI is not Open – A browser extension

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Post by capableweb »

yosito wrote: post #2

> Firefox only. If someone wants to bring this to Chromium, go for it. You could probably get ChatGPT to do that.

Well, that would fit in with the usual "You don't need AI for that" as Firefox extensions are mostly (90% of them anyways) compatible with Chrome extensions, as both of them are "Web Extensions" as created by Chromium.

Also, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think even Safari uses "Web Extensions" at this point too, so write once, have extensions ready for three platforms. Obviously packaging is different, and they have some idiosyncrasies. But it mostly works alright.

Re: Show HN: Open AI is not Open – A browser extension

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Post by circuit10 »

capableweb wrote: post #4
yosito wrote: post #2

> Firefox only. If someone wants to bring this to Chromium, go for it. You could probably get ChatGPT to do that.

Well, that would fit in with the usual "You don't need AI for that" as Firefox extensions are mostly (90% of them anyways) compatible with Chrome extensions, as both of them are "Web Extensions" as created by Chromium. Also, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think even Safari uses "Web Extensions" at this point too, so write once, have extensions ready for three platforms. Obviously packaging is different, and t…

I extracted the Chrome-only Google Translate extension and loaded it into Firefox and it worked fine with no code changes (I had to add some kind of ID to the manifest though)
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