It's not entirely clear to me that people are having install success with this non-store extension.
forem
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forem-browser-extension
The Forem browser extension which allows users to seamlessly navigate between communities.
Forem Browser Extension 🌱
Do you visit multiple Forems and wish there was an easier way to switch between them? Wish no more: the Forem browser plugin places a sidebar along the left side of your browser window to which you can add shortcuts to your favorite or more frequently visited Forems!
To use: install the plugin for your browser of choice from the plugin stores below, and visit any Forem instance to get started. Click the '+' icon to add a shortcut to the Forem you're currently viewing to the sidebar. Shortcuts can be dragged to rearrange them, or clicking the '-' button will remove a Forem from the sidebar.
Installation
The easiest way is to install from the browser marketplace of your choice:
Chrome: Chrome Web Store
Firefox: Firefox Add Ons
Safari: Mac App Store
As an alternative, you can build and install the plugin locally (great for…
Let me know if anybody has gotten it installed!
Top comments (32)
It would be nice if the GitHub README stated exactly what this extension does, as that is not clear merely from GitHub.
I opened an issue to add this > github.com/forem/forem-browser-ext...
I just installed it but it's not working for me... It's loaded but appears disabled.
Same thing happens for me. Even tried restarting chrome
Using chrome on mac.
Yeah, me too. I use mac
what does the extension do?
I opened an issue to add this > github.com/forem/forem-browser-ext...
It adds a side bar to all forems with links to other forems.
So if you're a member of Dev and a member here you can add both to the side bar for easy swapping.
I did install this extension in Brave (Chromium) but nothing seems to happen. There is no sidebar.
I opened url forem.com/valid_forems.json in the browser then the extension started working
I think the issue might be in loading this json forem.com/valid_forems.json
Have you tried in Chrome and Brave? I wonder if Brave has different security settings which prevent that resource?
I am using brave browser. I'll check chrome (but I think they should be same since most chrome extensions work in brave by default).
I tried chrome now and it works in chrome. But for brave I had to visit the above URL first.
Hello, i've got installed this extension but no changements. No sidebar, no options :c
Yeah, I'm concerned that the "boot up" logic is a little inconsistent, or something is going on when you first install it, perhaps a race condition....
Feel free to try and debug and help us figure out why 🙃
Yeah of course
I have installed extension in chrome and got no change.
After submitting the above comment It redirected me to forem.dev/comments and json data is displaying on it.
I am going to give this a whirl tomorrow 🤓
Great
Only in Firefox when trying to get it to work, but no success yet.
Where can I get the extension?
github.com/forem/forem-browser-ext...
I'll edit it into the post body, my bad 😄
Cheers! I'll try it out :)
Gave it a go in both Edge and Chromium but to no avail. :/ Didn't get any errors printed either 🤔
Visiting the extension source code page, it is unclear to me "what does it do?". That would be a good improvement to add to the README.md.
Created issue > github.com/forem/forem-browser-ext...