Monday, October 24, 2016

Infosextant: the browser extension

Thanks to Blake Roussel, you can now make sure that you're always using Infogalactic instead of Wikipedia, no matter what links Google feeds you.

INFOSEXTANT is the browser extension to automatically change Wikipedia links to Infogalactic.

Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/infosextant

Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/infosextant/plieanmckkckfcdfaobonmmmbeniaige

Opera version coming soon. Brave integration coming soon. Please note that the Chrome extension is an updated version and is an improvement on the previous one.

With regards to Safari, that should be doable but we need a Macintosh programmer to do it. Any takers? Blake explains:
Safari does have extensions on OS X (not iOS), but they work on a different system than the other browsers and I don't have a Mac to do the development/testing with. The scripting for this was pretty simple and I believe the same javascript could be used for a Safari extension. If you can find a volunteer with a Mac and a bit of technical aptitude it shouldn't be hard for them to get it up and running. The basics they would need to get started are available here.
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11 comments:

  1. Cynic In ChiefOctober 24, 2016 at 11:47 AM

    No Mac programming here, but I'd love to make a Microsoft Edge extension.

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  2. JackOctober 24, 2016 at 12:19 PM

    I ported the chrome extension to safari for my personal use. I can look into submitting it to the safari extension gallery.

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  3. John CunninghamOctober 24, 2016 at 12:23 PM

    VFM #424 here-- I have been a big fan of Opera for years. I have never figured out why it is not more popular.

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  4. Kentucky HeadhunterOctober 24, 2016 at 12:29 PM

    This seems like it would do the trick with a little work.

    https://github.com/sjmulder/urlrewrite-safari

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  5. Kentucky HeadhunterOctober 24, 2016 at 1:54 PM

    Verified this extension from github will work on Mac:

    https://github.com/sjmulder/urlrewrite-safari

    Use this string as source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

    And this as destination: http://infogalactic.com/info

    In the settings once its installed.

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  6. updatesreadyOctober 24, 2016 at 2:34 PM

    I've also looked at urlrewrite-safari ad adapted it for this purpose (adaptation users no user settings). If Jack's plugin works, then great. If there is a problem with it, let me know and I'll polish up what I have and submit it.

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    1. JackOctober 24, 2016 at 3:54 PM

      It looks like apple removed their free safari developer program, so I am unable to release it. I put what I ported over from chrome on github, if anyone has a developer account feel free to release it. It is fully working with icons, but it needs the developer cert to be placed in the directory. https://github.com/jackmccoi/infosextant

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  7. updatesreadyOctober 25, 2016 at 7:27 AM

    I've signed the Safari plugin so others can use it without building it themselves. It's available at http://www.peircecentral.com/infosextant.safariextz

    If I don't hear about any problems, I'll submit it to the Safari Extensions Gallery.

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  8. pdwalkerOctober 28, 2016 at 6:26 AM

    just a heads up, the chrome version works perfectly with the Vivaldi browser (Vivaldi is the direct spiritual successor to the original Opera Browser - HIGHLY recommended!)

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  9. Spiral of HopeOctober 28, 2016 at 10:26 AM

    I wasn't able to get that plugin working on Pale Moon, so I learned how to create a Greasemonkey script:

    http://blog.spiralofhope.com/?p=21689

    TL;DR
    window.location = window.location.href.replace( "en.wikipedia.org/wiki", "infogalactic.com/info" );

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  10. KristophrOctober 29, 2016 at 3:13 PM

    Apparently, the latest version of Pale Moon for LINUX does not support Greasemonkey, so no joy here.

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