eliath / slack-in-browser

Skip the slack-link redirect page, always open the link the browser

slack-in-browser

install extension here

I wanted this extension to work in firefox. So I cloned it. Thank you, yume :)

Added a simple exponential backoff instead of constant 1sec wait time. Otherwise it is the same.

Build for FireFox

npm install --global web-ext
web-ext build

Notes

• Should automatically ask for permissions instead of requiring the user to update the settings after install
  • run script in background https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/manifest.json/background
  • on installed listener https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/runtime/onInstalled
  • check for permissions and request them https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/permissions
  • closest example I could find https://github.com/mdn/webextensions-examples/tree/main/runtime-examples
• Consider adding automatic updates for v3 manifest
• Improve the link finding logic, maybe