Margarita from Universidad de Cantabria informed me of a bug, which prevented Open Access Helper from installing on a Spanish language computer. The source of this was a bad translation string in the messages.json for Spanish (and Italian, as I found out). This update fixes those typos AND brings the extension up to Manifest Version […]
All Versions: This version brings improvements to the web extensions Settings screen. The screen has been redesigned to show fewer options at once and offer an overall cleaner and more modern user experience. iOS / iPadOS: Improvements to OpenAlex support within the app: Enhancements to analytics collection: When it comes to analytics, I would like […]
Today, I implemented a new cookie consent form for my website. As part of this work I had the tool perform a scan of the cookies used, so I could remove some to the best of my ability. As a result I removed a YouTube embed and replaced it with a more traditional link. Fun […]
When I originally created Open Access Helper for iOS and iPadOS it did the best job it could, considering the limitations of the mobile operating system. With iOS 15 Apple now gives developers the power to build Safari Extensions, which work like they would on the desktop. I am very excited to let you know […]
This week is Open Access Week and I thought I could help celebrate a little by releasing a version of Open Access Helper for Chrome. Why Chrome? Not only is Chrome the most popular browser worldwide (>75% marketshare), but it is the foundation for a lot of other browsers. I know, technically speaking Chromium is […]
This page will basically be a home to my various development projects. I haven’t really done much yet, but hope to bring out some blog posts surrounding “OtzPlane” soon. So stay tuned…