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YSK: Instance Assistant v1.2.3 is now available on Chrome & Firefox + New Features (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Why YSK:

Instance Assistant is a free and open source browser extension that we are working on to make Lemmy and Kbin easier to use. It allows you to jump to your home instance, fetch communities when you're the first one to access them, and redirect links. This post specifically lists out a few new changes and potential future improvements that you can give feedback on. Thank you!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/2012318

Links:

Firefox

Chrome

Edge - v1.2.3 is still being approved, you can grab the release from Github if you are eager

Opera: Still under review, please download from Chrome webstore or Github release.

For questions / support: [email protected] (alternate: https://lemmy.ca/c/instance_assistant)

What's new?

(read on the wiki)

You can now customize the instance list to match which instances you actually use. This should be helpful for those that have accounts on different instances.

Added a settings page so that you can turn off features that you don't want active

Added buttons for helpful tools that let you explore Lemmy/Kbin communities (with lemmyverse.net), and search across Lemmy sites (with search-lemmy.com).

Added a sidebar for those that prefer it (works on Firefox, Chrome & Opera; Edge doesn't have sidebars yet but the code is there)

Fix for issues with the search trigger on the community not found page (thank-you to whqwert!)

Various bugfixes, small theme changes, and improved wording

What's coming up?

(read on the wiki)

Working with the amazing /u/[email protected] to bring over features from the LemmyTools Userscript^1^

Integrating lemmyverse.net and search-lemmy.com so you can do everything right on your community page^2^

Adding icons and simplifying the design, as the UI is getting wordy

Adding support for alternative home instances (ex. Alexandrite - Issue 14)

Ability to have multiple 'home instances', so you can open it in any without having to change your home instance each time.

Finishing the setup so that people can contribute translations / other languages to the extension.

Getting the extension on Opera (no immediate plans, but this would be good to have)

More details:

/u/[email protected] has created a really useful userscript that you can find here: https://thesimplecorner.org/c/lemmytools. We're going to be working together to bring those features into Instance Assistant, so that you can have all the features in one place.

Right now there are buttons to explore Lemmy/Kbin communities (with lemmyverse.net), and search across Lemmy sites (with search-lemmy.com). Both of these take you to the respective webpages. Instead, it might be nicer to have a lightweight version right on the Lemmy/Kbin community page (or in the extension popup/sidebar). This should be possible using their APIs/data access, and I have a little working proof of concept already (see GitHub)

I'm new, what is this?

Instance Assistant is a browser extension that started out as a way to quickly jump from one community to the version on your home instance, so that you could subscribe/participate immediately. Since then, a few other features have been implemented:

Features

Redirect to your home instance:

Buttons will be added to the sidebar of any Lemmy or Kbin community you visit, which will let you open the same community on your home instance.

Open links in home instance:

Right click context menu will allow you to open any links in your home instance

Improved Error Pages:

'Community not found' pages now have better information, a button to trigger a fetch, a button to open a community in the source instance, and more.

Customizable popup & sidebar menus:

Customizable list of instances to let you quickly switch home instances. This is great for if you have multiple accounts on different instances.

There are also buttons for helpful tools that let you search for communities (with lemmyverse.net), and search across Lemmy sites (with search-lemmy.com).

Settings:

You can change the default behaviour of the extension, customize the popup & sidebar menus, and turn off features you don't want to use.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hi @[email protected] !

You probably forgot to add 'YSK' to your title and add a "Why YSK:" as stated in the rules 1 and 2 !

Thanks

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you, I've just fixed it!

To clarify on the self promotion rule, this is a tool that I'm working on with others. Would it still be ok to post about it if it's free and open source?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The self promotion rule is mostly for paid products. If its a honest free and open source we would not delete it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you!

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