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Show HN: A new innovative Browser extension to expand your vocabulary

23 points by shawnyou 7y ago

shawnyou 7y ago
Hi there, We launched a project to help language learners to expand their vocabulary last year. It's easy and useful tool. Please feel free to comment. Our official website: https://burningvocabulary.com/ https://burningvocabulary.com/ Thank you HNer.
- dessant 7y ago
  Hi shawnyou! I think you've made a great leap by releasing this product, but there are some issues that might sabotage your efforts. The pricing page on your site is full of broken English. You've put a lot of effort into coming up with a viable business plan, and promoting your product, but it would be important to apply some finishing touches and ask a friend to proofread the site. The extension's code is obfuscated, which is against Chrome Web Store policies. Minification is allowed, if you're looking for ways to save space. Reviewers take down obfuscated extensions once they're discovered, and they also remotely disable existing installations, so this would be important to quickly address in an update.
  - shawnyou 7y ago
    Hi dessant, Really appreciate you, we will follow up the things you mentioned. Thank you again. :)
- deleted 7y ago
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mattwad 7y ago
Nice topic for the example ;)
- shawnyou 7y ago
  Thank you, @mattwad :)
vuln 7y ago
Crxcavator is a great tool to check out permissions and have an understand of what the extensions is doing https://crxcavator.io/report/ljfjnlcnpmabfcgcmffkmgainghokdpl/1.2.51 https://crxcavator.io/report/ljfjnlcnpmabfcgcmffkmgainghokdp...
- shawnyou 7y ago
  #This comment is spam ad#
  - mattio 7y ago
    Doesn't seem like an ad to me.
idclip 7y ago
Why a chrome extension per se?
- shawnyou 7y ago
  Hi @idclip, i don't understand. You mean why do not support other browser?
  - idclip 7y ago
    For example yea, also why not an app?
egfx 7y ago
This actually looks pretty similar to the https://jointoucan.com https://jointoucan.com extension.
- shawnyou 7y ago
  Hi egfx, i just saw the extension you mentioned, it's different. Thank you for your comment. Our official website: https://burningvocabulary.com/ https://burningvocabulary.com/
  - egfx 7y ago
    It’s different in the sense that it offers language translation services while this one does not.
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ibobev 7y ago
Are you planning to make it also work with Firefox? Does someone know, similar extension for Firefox?
- shawnyou 7y ago
  hi ibobev, we will think about in the next month. we have much work to do. thank you for your feedback.
myrloc 7y ago
Would recommend taking a look at the landing page in Chrome on mobile. Pics are stretched and look terrible.
- shawnyou 7y ago
  Really thank you, myrloc. we will check it.
purplezooey 7y ago
It would be cool if there were something like this to help me in learning Spanish.
- shawnyou 7y ago
  hi purplezooey, it support Spanish as a mark language. thank you.

23 points by shawnyou 7y ago

Hi there, We launched a project to help language learners to expand their vocabulary last year. It's easy and useful tool. Please feel free to comment. Our official website: https://burningvocabulary.com/ https://burningvocabulary.com/ Thank you HNer.

dessant 7y ago
Hi shawnyou! I think you've made a great leap by releasing this product, but there are some issues that might sabotage your efforts. The pricing page on your site is full of broken English. You've put a lot of effort into coming up with a viable business plan, and promoting your product, but it would be important to apply some finishing touches and ask a friend to proofread the site. The extension's code is obfuscated, which is against Chrome Web Store policies. Minification is allowed, if you're looking for ways to save space. Reviewers take down obfuscated extensions once they're discovered, and they also remotely disable existing installations, so this would be important to quickly address in an update.
- shawnyou 7y ago
  Hi dessant, Really appreciate you, we will follow up the things you mentioned. Thank you again. :)
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mattwad 7y ago

Nice topic for the example ;)

shawnyou 7y ago
Thank you, @mattwad :)

vuln 7y ago

Crxcavator is a great tool to check out permissions and have an understand of what the extensions is doing https://crxcavator.io/report/ljfjnlcnpmabfcgcmffkmgainghokdpl/1.2.51 https://crxcavator.io/report/ljfjnlcnpmabfcgcmffkmgainghokdp...

shawnyou 7y ago
#This comment is spam ad#
- mattio 7y ago
  Doesn't seem like an ad to me.

idclip 7y ago

Why a chrome extension per se?

shawnyou 7y ago
Hi @idclip, i don't understand. You mean why do not support other browser?
- idclip 7y ago
  For example yea, also why not an app?

egfx 7y ago

This actually looks pretty similar to the https://jointoucan.com https://jointoucan.com extension.

shawnyou 7y ago
Hi egfx, i just saw the extension you mentioned, it's different. Thank you for your comment. Our official website: https://burningvocabulary.com/ https://burningvocabulary.com/
- egfx 7y ago
  It’s different in the sense that it offers language translation services while this one does not.
  - deleted 7y ago
    [deleted]

ibobev 7y ago

Are you planning to make it also work with Firefox? Does someone know, similar extension for Firefox?

shawnyou 7y ago
hi ibobev, we will think about in the next month. we have much work to do. thank you for your feedback.

myrloc 7y ago

Would recommend taking a look at the landing page in Chrome on mobile. Pics are stretched and look terrible.

shawnyou 7y ago
Really thank you, myrloc. we will check it.

purplezooey 7y ago

It would be cool if there were something like this to help me in learning Spanish.

shawnyou 7y ago
hi purplezooey, it support Spanish as a mark language. thank you.