We actually have an extension for this, it’s one of the more popular extensions for Lemmy&Kbin, going by the counts on chrome/firefox stores:

!instance_assistant@lemmy.ca

It was originally made to solve this problem, but we’ve been adding other features as well. Right now you can redirect communities and posts, and redirect links by right clicking on them.

Let me know if it works, and also where it doesn’t so that we can improve it :)

Hope it helps!

For sure, I’ll incorporate a TLDR in future posts :)

That’s really great to hear, thank you for the comment :)

Image size manipulation is something that’s on the list, and it’s one of the features that myself and the dev for LemmyTools was working to bring over from the userscript

Here is the specific issue, although I’m not sure when I’ll be getting to it: https://github.com/cynber/lemmy-instance-assistant/issues/28

In the meantime, you could also try out the userscript itself and see if it does the job, and also what could be improved when we do bring the feature over: https://github.com/howdy-tsc/LemmyTools

Hope it helps :)

Thank you, hope it helps!

That’s fair, I’ve posted here in the past but I’ll take it off my list moving forward. I think early on there wasn’t much content so it was ok, but now that the community is rolling it’s not that relevant

It’s good feedback!

I guess so, it would still be a problem. Once one extension is caught, it should be simpler to catch the rest.

It’s harder to quickly switch stuff up when you need to send the devs new code to put in

Don’t extensions get reviewed by the various stores? I’d imagine an automated check could catch malicious integrations like that.

Maybe not right away, but once they catch wind of one shady extension they could just search the store for any other ones.

have control of your local network

traffic of a particular kind

Could you give an example of what this looks like? I’m sure I’ll have friends sending me similar articles / YouTube videos. Would be nice to have a simple and accurate analogy

This is something that is probably better if implemented in Lemmy itself. It would be tied to a particular community, and it wouldn’t need to cross over between instances.

If someone tried to make a browser extension for it, it would only appear for people using the same browser extension. Some third party apps have it like that, and it’s not that helpful.

What’s better for a browser extension / app to take on is cross-instance functionality, such as jumping between instances, having buttons / content in the UI, etc. I’m working on an extension for that ( !instance_assistant@lemmy.ca ), and while I really want flairs as well, I don’t think it would be good for a browser extension.

Once it’s implemented in Lemmy itself, then we could probably make it easier to add/remove/view/filter flairs using a browser extension.

Yep, use lemmyverse.net to search.

We’re integrating lemmyverse.net searches into the browser extension were working on (see more on https://lemmy.ca/c/instance_assistant) so that it pops up right on the Lemmy UI, but for now I just open it in a new tab

I’ve been using Nova Launcher for years now, but I explored other options a few months ago because of the ownership change. Lawnchair was the best one I found, but I didn’t switch to it because it looked like it was missing features I needed. Folders was an important one.

Which version / source are you using for the app? I got a bit lost trying to find a recent version. The last release on the GitHub is from 2018, and the last prerelease is from a year ago. There’s also an issue for the folders which I was following, and it actually just went stale: https://github.com/LawnchairLauncher/lawnchair/issues/2471

I also see Lawnchair2, but that looked like a fork or something

This is something we have a workaround on an extension I’m working on. You can right-click on a link and have it open in your home instance

https://lemmy.ca/c/instance_assistant

You’re welcome, hope it helps!

The basic features should work with Lemmy and Kbin, but some of the new ones are unique to Lemmy for now, such as the error page replacement. I’ve found Kbin a little harder to work with because while it’s more flexible, it’s harder to make sure I’m avoiding unintended actions.

I don’t think there are any limitations with behaw, at least with the current features.

I tested with mobile Firefox on an older version and it did work. However since you have to jump through hoops to install the extension in the first place, I haven’t looked into it much more. If you try to install it from the store on mobile, it should say that it isn’t compatible. :)

Thank you!

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?

Thank you, done!

Still figuring out which communities to post future updates in.

Cool ok I’ll experiment a little bit with a few other popular instances