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I made a programming.dev Firefox extension, but could use some help/feedback (programming.dev)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey all, I made a Firefox extension (signed by Mozilla) specifically to add Show/Hide Child Comments functionality similar to how RES had it (where the parent comment is still visible).

It's not very useful, but I could use some feedback on tightening up the Javascript. I'm not a JS beginner, but I know I can do better, so any tips are welcome!

EDIT: Also, if anyone has any suggestions for the extension, I'm open to those as well.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I tend to think that extensions for websites should be treated as feature requests by the website. Reddit for example should have just incorporated RES features.

One I liked was tags for users to I could remember who they are better.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

An extension is a great way for users to try features before companies implement them.
I have huge respect for games that enable modding, then - respectfully - incorporate mod QoL features into the main game. It shows they are listening to the community.

An extension is actually a great way to propose a feature, allow users to try it, and if it's popular then you have a great case for devs to implement it.

And I wish that Reddit had spent time & money implementing RES features natively. It was basically a "Reddit but useable" feature list.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I thought that the idea of just explaining to instance hosters that they can start user-like scripts on every page might be a good enough plugin system for LemmyUI until there's more effort into a real plugin system. Users don't have to install extensions, and people running instances can make decisions for improving the UI.

With a centralized services like reddit, this doesn't work very well. Though the fediverse allows lots of customizations when it's related to themes.