Synballo
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nomadMik last edited byThis works pretty much the way I expected, and has some nice features. But I wish it interacted with chat sites in Opera's sidebar better, like WhatsApp, Facebook and Xitter. I don't know whether it's possible for the sidebar to stay open when I click on this extension's icon, and have it automatically paste into the sidebar, but it'd be a ripper if it could.
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nomadMik last edited by
Despite continuously longing that this extension worked better with sites in Opera's sidebar, I continue to like this extension.
Another improvement I suggest is the option to show the history in codepoint order, instead of chronological order. That way, different types of characters, including emoji, could be grouped together in the history, instead of in the seemingly arbitrary order they appear now. It would also be nice to be able to delete characters from the history.
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nomadMik last edited by
@qpayct G'day. Thanks for your reply, but I'm not sure which issue this is supposed to help work around. I've done what you suggested and put Synballo in my bookmarks, but when I'm in one of the sidebar chat apps, clicking the bookmarks there still closes the sidebar.
Also, is the code in GitHub or something, and would you be open to a pull request, if I add the 'order by codepoint' feature that I suggested?
Thanks!
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qpayct last edited by
@nomadMik Hello. I appreciate your interest and support. Unfortunately, can't change the way Opera sidebar works. Open any app from the sidebar in a separate tab.
I have an idea how to do what you're talking about, but there might be some difficulty with the markup of the inner element. At the moment, it displays buttons and I'll have to tinker with it to add a paragraph structure. Accordingly, it will be necessary to make changes to a JSON structure and the processing JS. This is not a five minute job. But I want to assure you that I carefully consider all requests and comments.
I have been developing this project for about two years, during which time 17 versions were made. As of today, Synballo is under CC BY-ND. This license was chosen based on the development plan in one of the latest versions. Back then I asked my followers what they think about open-source (see here https://twitter.com/coder2code/status/1481018396175224834) but since no one ever responded I decided to keep the license. The number of users is growing and this brings us closer than anything else to further development.
Best regards.
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qpayct last edited by
@nomadmik: Thank you for the detailed and very helpful review. Feedback like this is invaluable. Regarding your suggestions for the history sorting by codepoint: This is a fantastic suggestion. I agree it would be a major improvement over the current chronological order. Your comment has inspired me to start designing this feature. I have a preliminary concept in mind for how this could work. Would you be open to discussing it? Your input would be a great help in making sure it's done right. Please contact me via nostr npub1kyhz3xg746qg6syzpp6r7wpdnxmh03gcsu5xccqzyk94hmvanj9sh00v85
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qpayct last edited by
@ortegavinston: Thank you so much! I'm happy to hear you're enjoying it.
Just so you know, a new version is currently in review and will be released soon. It will update automatically.
As a general tip for any extension update, if you ever notice anything unusual, a quick browser restart usually sorts things out. Enjoy!
