Extension update, format customization
December 13, 2024
at
8:26 PM
Hello!
This week was my finals week, meaning I'll start working on some bigger features that I didn't want to commit time to before my break. Here is what I got done this week.
Extension overhaul
The
Whenplane Extension has gotten an internal overhaul, which should make it easier to add more features in the future.
Along with this overhaul, it has a new feature that allows you to use
The WAN Show Search from the omnibar (the bar at the top that lets you search or see the website you are at).
To use this, start typing
@wan
, and the extension will automatically take over. This
does not affect your default search engine. Note that the
@wan
needs to be at the beginning of your search query for it to work. It should show "The WAN Show search" text to show it is working.
If you are on Chrome, you may have gotten a warning that whenplane wants to change your search settings. Note that this
does not change your
default search engine. It only adds Whenplane to search when you use the
@wan
keyword.
Time and Date customization
Before this update, Whenplane would use the time and date format from your browser's locale to format dates and times. After someone very passionate about time and date formats joined my discord, I have decided to allow you to override your locale if you would like.
These new preferences are on the bottom of the
about page (with the other preferences). The default is
auto
which will have the same behaviour as before.
Some smaller changes
There have also been some smaller changes over this week, including some layout fixes for mobile and some minor search usability enhancements.
As always, if you have
any issues, suggestions, or other feedback, please
let me know!