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Re:Show HN: A Firefox extension to leave comments on any URL by afandian on Thursday June 27, 2019 @06:07AM (#20293070)
This is very similar to hypothes.is, apart from the hashing: https://web.hypothes.is/
Re:Show HN: A Firefox extension to leave comments on any URL by comntr on Friday June 28, 2019 @12:30AM (#20301480)
The idea is very similar, but I can't agree with a few implementation details: - The extension shouldn't need to have access to the page. Inserting an iframe into the page seems wrong. - The extension shouldn't own the comments. It should be a window to the comments, not a gatekeeper. It should be possible to implement alternative UIs and alternative extensions and connect them to the same comments. - The extension should allow to switch the UI and the data server.

I like the inline annotations, but likely it'll need full access to DOM.

Re:Show HN: A Firefox extension to leave comments on any URL by afandian on Friday June 28, 2019 @06:33AM (#20303000)
I'm not intimately acquainted with the internal of hypothes.is but there is an open API, based on open standards. So you can build whatever you want with it.
Re:Show HN: A Firefox extension to leave comments on any URL by mehdix on Thursday June 27, 2019 @09:45AM (#20294262)
I stopped using it as I moved to Firefox a year ago. More important, they didn't provide a link to download my data at least in that time.
Re:Show HN: A Firefox extension to leave comments on any URL by comntr on Thursday June 27, 2019 @01:36PM (#20296662)
All the data here is actually stored in indexedDb and localStorage. I guess I'll implement import/export next time.
Re:Show HN: A Firefox extension to leave comments on any URL by Anonymous4C54D6 on Thursday June 27, 2019 @08:23AM (#20293760)
This actually looks a lot cooler than the OP. :)

Edit: oh wait...chrome only

Re:Show HN: A Firefox extension to leave comments on any URL by afandian on Thursday June 27, 2019 @08:26AM (#20293784)
I think it's good. It's based on open standards, has a proactive and engaged organisation behind it and, crucially, a community of users.

Not to detract from the OP.

(Edit: It's an open standard. There are plugins for different browsers, a web interface and API)

Re:Show HN: A Firefox extension to leave comments on any URL by hyperion2010 on Thursday June 27, 2019 @09:07AM (#20294010)
There is a bookmarklet that works for firefox.