limex/TrackTrivia

Show Info for current played track in Browser

Track Trivia

Motivation

• Switch to Info Pages using Last.fm & Artist,Album,Track in the URL

Install

you have 2 options ...

a) build yourself from source code

This extention uses Node.js

1. Install Node.js

2. Install the dependencies: npm install

3. Build the extension: npm run build

4. The extension is built in the dist directory

5. Add to your Chrome/Firefox

   • Chrome: chrome://extensions/ -> Load unpacked

6. Optional:

   Increase the build version before 'Build the extension' in Powershell (if needed):

   • Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope Process (optional in case of security warning)
   • .\inc_patch.ps1

b) Load unpacked dist directory from github

1. Download the /dist Directory from github (Clone the Code or Code -> Download ZIP) to a Directory of of your choice
2. Add to your Chrome/Firefox
   • Chrome: chrome://extensions/ -> Load unpacked

How to use

1. https://open.spotify.com/ and play a track
2. Open your lastfm Userpage (mine is https://www.last.fm/user/limex)
3. Select one of your recently played tracks
4. You will see an note/book icon near URL bar. Click it.
5. Select Wikipedia, for example.
6. You can jump to Wikipedia for the played track/artist
7. Left click: Open in a new tab. Middle click: Open the same tab.

This should work on all lastfm pages as long as there is Artist/Track/Album Information listed in the URL

Settings

#FIXIT

Show/hide Sites:

1. Right click the note icon,
2. Select "Options"
3. It might take some seconds for the popup to apear. Collecting all the data takes some time.
4. Check/uncheck each map to show/hide it.

ToDo

???

Screenshots

Button opens a popup when pressed on supported sites:

Enable supported Sites for the Popup: