The extension is a launcher that allows users to quickly access a series of predetermined websites.Ĭreating the extension is a painless process, and Traversy Media’s tutorial provides an easy to follow guide which I will summarize here. I quickly came across a video by YouTuber, Traversy Media, and decided to use the tutorial and Traversy Media’s code to make my own simple extension. Creating the ExtensionĪlthough I have some basic knowledge of HTML from playing around with creating websites as a teenager, I am admittedly a novice, and therefore when I set out to create the extension my first port of call was to search for online guides. This post will explore a simple Google Chrome extension that I created to quickly access the digital tools and websites that I most regularly use.Ĭreating the extension. For those involved in the Digital Humanities, and indeed scholarship more generally, extensions offer the potentiality to increase workflow and are an important, if not overlooked, tool for research. Extensions are written in HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and JSON and are relatively easy to create. Users of Google Chrome have long been able to customize their browsing experiences by installing extensions small pieces of software that ‘enable users to tailor Chrome functionality and behaviour to individual needs or preferences’ ( Google). Digital Orientalist’s 2022 Conference “Infrastructures”.The Digital Orientalist’s Virtual Workshop and Conference 2021.
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