Introducing AutoRename Version 3.0

[ddasutein]

Hi everyone!

Since the start of the year, I've been hard at work getting back into development for my personal project. If you have been monitoring the DEV branch for quite some time, you may have noticed some new features being cooked up. Today, I am going to be announcing those features.

What's new?

• The Date Format system has been overhauled. It now supports format localization. Meaning that the extension can use your country's preferred format. Before, I've written my own framework for this but the problem is that it doesn't work for every country in the world. Not every country uses the western format. Check out the wiki page here on the new settings for it. Lots of different ways to customize it. Replacement of custom date formatting solution #22
• When saving images, you can now add a prefix in the beginning of the file name. To use this, there is another context menu specific for this
• The Options page has received another overhaul. It supports Light and Dark mode (based on your browser settings), animations, blurs, and more
• Announcement banner is now dynamic. This can be controlled on my end here on GitHub and it will only be enabled for announcements that are worth sharing. Don't worry, I won't be abusing this
• You can now set no random string value
• Under System Information, the extension has been updated to detect the difference between Windows 10 and 11 Incorrect Operating System string for Windows 11 #15
• You can see your Browser name or type under System Information. Note, this one is a work in progress. Sometimes it doesn't show the correct browser (e.g., using Edge but it reports as "Chromium"). For Platform, for right now this will only show information for x86 based systems. No support yet to detect ARM and Apple M-series chips. See discussion Requesting additional information for macOS (M1 based), Windows ARM devices, and ChromeOS #23 for details

There is no ETA on when this will be released. Right now, it is undergoing QA testing. Once that is ready then it will be deployed to Chrome Web Store and Microsoft Store. If you want to test this yourself, you can clone the repository and sideload it to your browser. You must be on the build-release branch to test this.

Bug Fixes and Other Backend Improvements

I know these features aren't exactly huge to warrant a major update, but there has been a huge significant change under the hood enough to warrant an update. Enhancements and bug fixes such as:

• Addressing an issue where the extension is throwing persistent "duplicate id" errors. This issue wasn't breaking the extension but was frequently showing up during development since the beginning
• Unification of the options page into a single codebase. Previously each setting page was it's own dedicated page. This is hard to maintain overtime
• Updating the SweetAlert library to support dark mode
• New storage API. Basically means that i've standarized how Settings are loaded to/from local storage. Previously, to load each setting for each website, it must load them by index number. Now, this has been changed to be key-value based. Calling the object's key and corresponding value has proven to simplify a lot of the condition checking needed

Feedback Form

It has been three years since I started development for this extension. Now, I want to hear from you, the end user for your feedback. You can find the details here: #25

Donations

I've also decided to open up donations for my extension if you really want to support my work. As a reminder, please don't spend beyond your means! To donate, just click on the Sponsor button above

Looking For Translators

I am looking for translators that are willing to assist in translating this extension to Korean and Chinese.

See issue logs

#27 and #28

Discontinuation of Firefox Branch

Three years ago, I created a separate branch for Firefox. The original plan was to support Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Mozilla Firefox. However, as you can tell, that branch stopped receiving updates and is stuck on version 1.2.0. Once version 3.0 is rolled into public release, I will be discontinuing that branch. It's too difficult for me to support since Firefox is not my primary browser.

Closing

While I don't want to promise anything, I am looking into attempting to get this extension to work on any website and possibly even beyond just saving images. However, this is going to be a technical challenge to make it universally work. For now, if there is a website in particular where you want this extension to work, you are more than welcome to clone this repository and modify it to your needs. The codebase is modular in a way to make it easier to make changes.

Other than that, thank you for using AutoRename! I hope you continue to find this extension useful. As always, if you have bug reports then feel free to submit a new issue. For new features or feature request, feel free to post it in the discussions and categorize it as "Ideas".

Have a nice day! 😊