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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon Infocatcher

WebExtension version (compatibility with Firefox 57+)

Open MOFTAD opened this issue 8 years ago • 17 comments

Hello, are there any plans to develop a WebExtension version of this add-on in anticipation of Mozilla's upcoming changes in Firefox 57? Do WebExtensions even grant the functionality required for Right Links to work?

Thank you for reading.

MOFTAD avatar Jun 19 '17 16:06 MOFTAD

I's possible to port only page-related part: as I understand, will be no ability to handle clicks on interface things like bookmarks. For now I even not sure about future of Firefox without many features, that cannot be ported due to limitations of new browser API. :(

Infocatcher avatar Jun 19 '17 17:06 Infocatcher

Oh, I see. That's unfortunate, but better than nothing. Do you personally plan on porting the page-related functionality of the add-on, or would it be too difficult/time consuming?

MOFTAD avatar Jun 19 '17 20:06 MOFTAD

I can't imagine using Firefox without being able to right-click to open a link in a new tab.

Gitoffthelawn avatar Jun 22 '17 22:06 Gitoffthelawn

@Infocatcher Do you think you can update to use WebExtensions API for page-related functions?

Gitoffthelawn avatar Aug 15 '17 18:08 Gitoffthelawn

This looks doable (but only to open links from page), the deal is only about free time to play with new APIs...

Infocatcher avatar Aug 15 '17 20:08 Infocatcher

Sounds great! I just waved my magic wand, and now you have all the free time in the world! :)

Gitoffthelawn avatar Aug 15 '17 20:08 Gitoffthelawn

Another vote for WebEx. Just the page-related function is good enough, that's indispensable!!

vurtomatic avatar Aug 16 '17 03:08 vurtomatic

Any time available for working on a WebExtensions version? This is such an essential extension.

Gitoffthelawn avatar Sep 26 '17 18:09 Gitoffthelawn

@Gitoffthelawn It's a work in progress: https://github.com/Infocatcher/Right_Links_WE

Keith94 avatar Sep 26 '17 20:09 Keith94

@Keith94 Thanks!

Gitoffthelawn avatar Sep 27 '17 00:09 Gitoffthelawn

Signed beta version: https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/right-links/versions/0.5b1 Note: changed ID of extension (now the same as old Right Links), so previous WE version should be uninstalled.

Infocatcher avatar Nov 13 '17 19:11 Infocatcher

Hmmm... the link to the new Beta version is just showing version 0.4.1 (and older) as of now.

Strange, I see new version even if I logged-out. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/file/770195/right_links-0.5b1-an+fx.xpi

Infocatcher avatar Nov 14 '17 04:11 Infocatcher

My sincere apologies. It turns out the issue with not seeing the beta version was an over-aggressive regex filter on my end. I've fixed the issue, and the beta versions show up just fine. Again, you have my apologies.

Gitoffthelawn avatar Nov 19 '17 07:11 Gitoffthelawn

It turns out the issue with not seeing the beta version was an over-aggressive regex filter on my end. I've fixed the issue, and the beta versions show up just fine.

Oh, nice to see, that issue was fixed.

Infocatcher avatar Nov 19 '17 09:11 Infocatcher

Released on AMO: Right Links WE 0.5b7 https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/right-links/versions/ https://github.com/Infocatcher/Right_Links_WE/releases/tag/0.5b7

Infocatcher avatar Jan 20 '19 17:01 Infocatcher

Thank you so much!

Gitoffthelawn avatar Jan 20 '19 21:01 Gitoffthelawn

Hi Infocatcher,

The latest version seems faulty. It opens 2 similar tabs at once.

cococokie avatar Apr 01 '19 13:04 cococokie