/acronym-expander

Expand those acronyms, with your own custom dictionary.

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Acronym Expander

I was tired of reading things online and seeing so many acronyms that I was aware of. So, here we are with a Chrome Extension to expand those acronyms for you.

Why?

Well, I thought it would be funny to see text change to my definitions of the acronyms. It's basically Mad Libs!

But also, I never wrote a Chrome Extension and I wanted to. And I don't write Javascript, so any exercise to do so is okay by me. :)

Examples

Reddit

Reddit before Reddit after

Twitter

Twitter before Twitter after

Dictionary Definitions

You can see the definitions of acronyms in content.js.

Current Sites That Are Supported

  • instagram.com
  • reddit.com
  • twitter.com

Installation

You can read more from the Chrome Developer's page, but instructions are basically the following below.

  • clone this repo
  • In Chrome, navigate to chrome://extensions
  • Enable Developer mode
  • Click Load Unpacked and select the directory where you cloned this repo