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Wouldn't it be easier (if a little less slick-looking) to hang the date selection UI off an extension bar button rather than putting it into the actual web page
by pvg 6y ago
Wouldn't it be easier (if a little less slick-looking) to hang the date selection UI off an extension bar button rather than putting it into the actual web page? Then that permission could potentially be dropped.
- vigneshanand 6y agoThat would indeed work. But the utility of Vandal is to not just support navigation but also to present an alterative vision for time-travel :D.
- anotheryou 6y agocould it be a website instead?
- mrkramer 6y agoThen it would lose browser extension utility or in another words you wouldn't have it under you fingertips ready to use easily at any moment.
- anotheryou 6y agoWell you could support both or make a browser extension that simply redirects there on click. Not sure what permissions are needed to get the current url from the plugin though. But if it's really more about a good way to browse the way back machine I think a web-service/site would make more sense. Installing a browser extension is quite a hurdle for something you don't need that often. Too bad bookmarklets are not really a thing anymore, that would work well.