Further Reading

Inspiration

Often when I'm reading an article it will contain links to to other pages I would like to read next. I would open the links while I'm reading the article and then inevitably have to bookmark them because I don’t have time to finish reading them at that time.

What it does

With this browser extension, you can bookmark all the links on a page with one click. It gathers all hyperlinks from the page, creates a bookmark folder with the title of the page, and bookmarks all the links on the page in that folder.

How we built it

This project was created with javascript. I also initially included a popup using HTML/CSS but ultimately decided it was better to be able to just click one button to save the links. I frequently referenced the MDN web docs while building this project.

Challenges we ran into

I needed to implement communication between the background and the content scripts. I also ran into some issues with creating the bookmarks as well as having them in the correct place.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

In a short time period, I've made a very useful tool. Further Reading can be great for research and reading and maybe shopping too.

What we learned

This is the first browser extension I've ever made so I learned a lot about how to make a browser extension.

What's next for Further Reading

I still need to publish the extension. It also currently only works for Firefox, but I would like to add compatibility for other browsers.

Built With

• javascript