The Mudcat Browser Tools Chrome Extension is back!

A mudcatter told me he uses it with Vivaldi browser, which is based on Chromium. So I have created, and he has tested for me, a Manifest Version 3 version of Mudcat Browser Tools.

There are ten times as many (non-mobile) Chrome users as Firefox users so it has always puzzled me there were so few Chrome users of this addon compared to Firefox users - at one time they were almost equal at a dozen each. (Also why most users are in the UK - but that might be related.) So I think a bit of a relaunch is appropriate.

Chrome Extensions add features to the Chrome browser. You install this one from the Chrome Webstore with one click:
Mudcat Browser Tools Chrome Extension

The original and still the main purpose of Mudcat Browser Tools is to easily see which threads have new posts since your last visit and to automagically position threads at the first new post. It has other features, but those are the main one.

Optional features, such as displaying the number of posts to the left of thread title on the index page, are accessed from the jigsaw piece on the toolbar or 'More tools', 'Extensions' in the main menu. From the options page you can display a fuller description of all the features. (You can also look on the Firefox Addon Page which is clearer.) But you don't have to set any options. If you don't like the quoting feature just don't use it. If you don't like the DaveRo wrote bit of it, you can suppress it and just have indented italics.

Chrome Extensions work in Google Chrome (not mobile), Chromium (the open-source version of Chrome), Microsoft Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, Opera, and some more obscure browsers. Not Safari - or not unless I pay Apple I think.

It's version 3.0.0.

This version adds a facility to copy posts to local files for archival purposes, offline viewing, or as a hedge against data loss. Posts are stored in individual files and are viewable in a browser. You can specify that specific threads are to be archived: this might be of interest if you invest a lot of effort in posting lyrics, say, and would like to automatically keep a local copy of your posts and others' comments. Archiving requires installation of a separate program which actually writes the files, and some configuration. Contact me by PM or email (addess on the addon page) if you want to try it and I'll provide instructions.