{"id":7995,"date":"2016-12-16T12:32:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T20:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=7995"},"modified":"2016-12-16T12:44:19","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T20:44:19","slug":"meet-some-nifty-new-webextensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2016\/12\/16\/meet-some-nifty-new-webextensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Some Nifty New WebExtensions"},"content":{"rendered":"

In November, WebExtensions became the most common type of add-on submitted to addons.mozilla.org (AMO), accounting for 65% of all new submissions. As of mid-December, AMO has more than 1,400 listed WebExtensions averaging three million daily installs (roughly 12% of all AMO add-on installs).<\/p>\n

About 200 of these WebExtensions are ported legacy add-ons, such as Amazing TTV<\/a>\u2014a fancy Twitch tool that allows for dozens of customizations, like altering text and color layouts, removing clutter in the margins, and tweaking the chat experience.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve enjoyed exploring many of the new WebExtensions, so I thought I\u2019d share a few interesting ones I recently found…<\/p>\n

\"Advanced<\/a>

Advanced History presents your personal navigation data in a nice visual layout. Pie charts are more interesting when they’re about you!<\/p><\/div>\n

Despite the fact it reveals how much time I waste watching videos of cats licking themselves, Advanced History<\/a> delivers a fascinating overview of your Web navigation history.<\/p>\n

And if you\u2019re going to spend your precious time watching cat licking clips, go all the way with Magic Actions for YouTube\u2122<\/a>. This YouTube enhancer presents a fine bevy of features, like auto-play in HD, one-click snapshots of just the contents of the video screen, annotation muting, plus a bunch of fun visual effects and cinema modes.<\/p>\n

Have you ever encountered an interesting image on the Web, but there wasn\u2019t much context explaining what it was or where it came from? Check out Image Search for Google<\/a>. It\u2019s super simple\u2014just right-click any image and the add-on will return surprisingly accurate results.<\/p>\n

\"Never<\/a>

Never want to see some heinous website again? Block Site takes care of that.<\/p><\/div>\n

Block Site<\/a> does what it claims. Right-click on any Web page you want to avoid in the future and select \u201cBlock this domain\u201d from the context menu. Presto\u2014it\u2019s like it never existed.<\/p>\n

It dawns on me I tend to gravitate to add-ons that serve a singular, powerful function. Here\u2019s another one: One-click Screenshot<\/a>. What\u2019s nice about this add-on is it takes a screenshot of the entire<\/i> page, not just what\u2019s in view. This is ideal for folks who need to grab the full contents of large pages, like students who access dense academic sites.<\/p>\n

Many thanks to all the developers out there producing really solid WebExtensions! It\u2019s exciting to see the technical evolution unfold.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a developer of a legacy add-on and interested in learning more about the porting process, this is a good starting point<\/a>. Or if you want to write a WebExtension from scratch, this should help<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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