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mr-mig / webbooost

Chrome extension for faster web browsing.
http://webboost.fse.guru
MIT License
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Check whether webbooost can be ported to Opera, Safari and FF #13

Open mr-mig opened 9 years ago

mr-mig commented 9 years ago
mubaidr commented 8 years ago

Opera is based on Chromium, so there should very little required to port it to Opera (Or maybe nothing, as chrome version is working in Opera).

mr-mig commented 8 years ago

Unfortunately, it cannot be easily ported. Opera and Safari does not have the same API for extensions available (you cannot hijack requests from web pages).

Firefox is a bit convoluted and requires a lot of workarounds for this extension to be ported. But it is definitely possible.

See #19 #18

mubaidr commented 8 years ago

I cannot say anything about Safari, But Opera does provide api for request blocking, I have written an extension myself.

Here is detailed info for Opera API: https://dev.opera.com/extensions/apis/

As i said before, Opera and Chrome are very very similar since they both are based on Chromium.

Edit: I believe you need this API: https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/webRequest

And also current version is working in Opera.

mr-mig commented 8 years ago

I was sure they have not yet reached feature parity for webRequest.

I'll check it out, it would be really nice to have web boost available for Opera.

mubaidr commented 8 years ago

@mr-mig :+1:

mr-mig commented 8 years ago

@mubaidr it works out of the box. Do you want to test the extension? Here is the latest build: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18672724/webboost-3.0.1.crx

mubaidr commented 8 years ago

I am already using it (Installed from Chrome webstore), If you have new beta you can send me.

mr-mig commented 8 years ago

@mubaidr :+1:

mubaidr commented 8 years ago

Automatic updates will not work this way. So i hope you re-brand it for Opera Add-on store.

mr-mig commented 8 years ago

@mubaidr I've already uploaded it to the Opera web store. Waiting for a moderator review :)

mubaidr commented 8 years ago

Awesome!:+1:

mubaidr commented 8 years ago

@mr-mig Still not available in Opera store, any specific reason?

mr-mig commented 8 years ago

@mubaidr Yeah, still waiting for a review. It is manual, apparently :disappointed:

mr-mig commented 8 years ago

@mubaidr Here it is! https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/web-boost-wait-less-browse-faster/

cubakcabak commented 8 years ago

sorry to ask, i'm power user not coder.

is there any progress for firefox? i've installed it on chrome and it tremendously help in fastening browsing experiences.

mr-mig commented 8 years ago

@cubakcabak unfortunately no, there is no progress. Web Boost depends on the capabilities, which are not in firefox yet. It will be added in the browser in the future, but right now there is no way to make it work reliably.