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digitalmethodsinitiative / zeeschuimer

A browser extension to collect social media data with.
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Plugin breaks in private mode #2

Closed laxris closed 1 year ago

laxris commented 2 years ago

When running in private mode, despite being allowed to run, the plugin fails with a Javascript error.

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stijn-uva commented 1 year ago

Apologies for the delayed response. This is difficult to fix because the method Zeeschuimer uses to access stored items, etc, is not supported in private mode. There are alternatives but they would require a comprehensive rewrite of most parts of the extensions, something I currently don't have the resources to do. If you require data collection in private mode, your best bet is probably running a separate 'research browser' not used for anything else, which would be functionally the same as running in private mode.

I will make the extension unavailable in private mode with the next release to avoid any confusion.

laxris commented 1 year ago

Awesome, thank you. Making it unavailable seems like a working solution.