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Firefox Stract addon - 1.0 Pre-release

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@twistqj twistqj released this 25 Jun 12:25
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This is the inital release for Firefox Stract addon.

Features

  • adds Stract search engine to Firefox
  • search with stract using keyword in address bar
    keyword: stract
    example: @stract hello

Missing Features

This are features that one might expect but that are not implemented

  • no support for optics
  • no support for changing of settings

How to install

Currently this addon has to be installed manually. Also it is disabled again when Firefox is closed.

  1. type about:debugging into the Firefox address bar
  2. select the "This Firefox" menu on the left side (this guide will be in english, use the matching menu items for your language settings)
  3. select "Load Temporary Add-on..."
  4. navigate using your file manager to the location of the addon
  5. now it depends on the file type.
    5.1. for the .xpi file you can simply select the file
    5.2 for the .zip file you can either directly select the file or first extract the zip-file and then select the file manifest.json

To uninstall simply fully close the browser. Alternativly you can go where the add-on was installed and select "Remove" below the add-on.