Make RSS Great Again
Adds RSS buttons to websites
What is Make RSS Great Again?
Make RSS Great Again is a Chrome extension developed by jrejaud, and its main feature is "Adds RSS buttons to websites".
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Extension Usage Instructions
# Make RSS Great Again
## Install
Download on Chrome/ Brave via the [Chrome Web Store](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/make-rss-great-again/hgpchmdkbpnhmlioadpmggehanhogcbc)
or download this repo and unpack it yourself
## Overview
Returns lost RSS functionality to:
* Reddit (both subreddits and individual comments pages)
* Youtube
* Twitter
* Hackernews
## Details
Before social media feeds (Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, Youtube ect) took over the internet, the web of ~ a decade ago used to rely more on RSS. Websites/Blogs had RSS icons (the orange thing with the wifi logo tilted at an angle) that generated RSS Feeds when you clicked on them. You would then add that RSS Feed to your RSS app of choice and be able to read multiple RSS feeds from multiple sources inside a single app.
The way the internet works now (without RSS), you have to interface with each platform's individual proprietary app in order to see if they have updates. For example, you check the Facebook app to see your Facebook feed, you check the Twitter app to see your Twitter feed, ect.
With RSS, you can "pipe" all those feeds into a single app (aka an RSS client) and get all your updates in a single app. You can also use external tools (not included in this app) to pipe some of your email to RSS, you can essentially pipe anything into RSS!
Some famous RSS clients include:
- Feedly, https://feedly.com/
- newsboat, (for the command line inclined)
- https://alternativeto.net/browse/search?q=rss
You query the net to find others. RSS is an open format, so you can even write your own client (if you are so inclined).
A video explanation of how RSS Feeds work (and why RSS better than Social Media Feeds):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMH9w6pyzvU
RSS Icon comes from wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Feed-icon.svg Extension Basic Information
| Name |  Make RSS Great Again |
| ID | hgpchmdkbpnhmlioadpmggehanhogcbc |
| Official URL | https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/make-rss-great-again/hgpchmdkbpnhmlioadpmggehanhogcbc |
| Description | Adds RSS buttons to websites |
| File Size | 6.03 MB |
| Installation Count | 81 |
| Current Version | 0.0.3 |
| Last Updated | 2021-01-13 |
| Publish Date | 2021-01-07 |
| Rating | 3.50/5 Total 2 Ratings |
| Developer | jrejaud |
| [email protected] | |
| Payment Type | free |
| Extension Website | https://github.com/jrejaud/Make-RSS-Great-Again |
| Supported Languages | en |
| manifest.json | |
{
"update_url": "https:\/\/clients2.google.com\/service\/update2\/crx",
"name": "Make RSS Great Again",
"version": "0.0.3",
"description": "Adds RSS buttons to websites",
"manifest_version": 2,
"web_accessible_resources": [
"img\/*.*"
],
"icons": {
"16": "img\/icon-16.png",
"48": "img\/icon-48.png",
"128": "img\/icon-128.png"
},
"background": {
"scripts": [
"background_script.js"
]
},
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": [
"https:\/\/twitter.com\/*"
],
"js": [
"twitter\/twitter_content_script.js"
],
"run_at": "document_end"
},
{
"matches": [
"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/*"
],
"js": [
"youtube\/youtube_content_script.js"
]
},
{
"matches": [
"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/*"
],
"js": [
"reddit\/reddit_content_script.js"
],
"run_at": "document_end"
},
{
"matches": [
"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/*"
],
"js": [
"hackernews\/hackernews_content_script.js"
],
"run_at": "document_end"
}
],
"permissions": [
"tabs"
]
} | |
