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Show HN: I made a Chrome extension that can automate any website

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707 points namukang | 7 comments | 17 Nov 21 15:16 UTC | HN request time: 1.629s | source | bottom
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nzach ◴[17 Nov 21 18:30 UTC] No.29256900[source]▶
This looks really interesting!

Do you have any plans to port it to also run on Firefox?

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1. dkthehuman ◴[17 Nov 21 18:32 UTC] No.29256938[source]▶
I really wanted to make it run on Firefox as I do with all my other extensions (e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22936742), but Firefox lacks the APIs that Chrome has for automating the browser. :'(
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2. detaro ◴[17 Nov 21 18:33 UTC] No.29256946[source]▶
which APIs are those?
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3. dkthehuman ◴[17 Nov 21 18:34 UTC] No.29256964[source]▶
https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/debug...
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4. detaro ◴[17 Nov 21 18:34 UTC] No.29256975{3}[source]▶
interesting, thanks!
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5. capitainenemo ◴[17 Nov 21 20:23 UTC] No.29258373{4}[source]▶
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1316741 if you want to vote for this. Has been stalled for a long time.
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6. mountainboy ◴[17 Nov 21 21:50 UTC] No.29259305{5}[source]▶
like so many mozilla issues.
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7. mdaniel ◴[17 Nov 21 23:40 UTC] No.29260362{6}[source]▶
yeah, well, forced color scheme pickers don't just write themselves, you know