Epiphany Extensions bundle includes add-ons to enhance the functionality of Epiphany.
The Epiphany Extensions package is a collection of useful extensions for Epiphany Software. This review discusses the different extensions it includes and how to select which extensions to build.
To select which extensions to build, use the command "./configure --with-extensions=ext1, ext2, ...", where ext1, ext2, etc. represent one of the following extensions:
- Actions - Allows for performing actions on links from the context menu
- Adblock - Blocks content based on its URL
- Auto-scroll - Automatically scrolls on middle mouse clicks
- Auto-reload - Reloads a tab every certain period
- Bookmarks-tray - Adds a bookmarks menu to the panel
- Certificates - Displays SSL certificates
- Dashboard - Sends cluepackets to Dashboard
- Error-viewer - Shows Javascript and HTML errors in an error viewer dialog
- Extensions-manager-ui - Allows for enabling and disabling Epiphany extensions using a GUI
- Favicon - Loads /favicon.ico if a page doesn't specify one
- Gestures - Enables mouse gestures
- Greasemonkey - Loads Mozilla Greasemonkey scripts
- Imagebar - Displays a toolbar over images
- Java-console - Provides access to the Java-Plugin Console
- Livehttpheaders - Displays HTTP headers
- Net-monitor - Monitors the network status and sets 'offline' mode accordingly
- Page-info - Shows information about the current page
- Permissions - Manages website permissions
- Push-scroller - Enables scrolling by holding the middle mouse button and 'pushing'
- Python-console - Opens an interactive Python console
- RSS - Allows for subscribing to newsfeeds contained within web pages
- Select-stylesheet - Lets you switch between alternate stylesheets
- Sidebar - Adds a sidebar to Epiphany
- Smart-bookmarks - Allows for searching the web using right-click on selected text
- Tab-groups - Opens new tabs to the right of the current one
- Tab-states - Indicates unread tabs in the tab label
- Tabsmenu - Provides tabs menu entries to move tabs across windows
- All - Installs all the above extensions
- Sample - Sample extension for use as a template
- Sample-mozilla - Sample extension using Mozilla API for use as a template
- Really-all - Installs all the above extensions, including samples
Overall, the Epiphany Extensions package is a helpful and comprehensive collection of extensions that enhance the functionality of Epiphany Software. Choosing which extensions to build is straightforward using the command mentioned above.
To select which extensions to build, use the command "./configure --with-extensions=ext1, ext2, ...", where ext1, ext2, etc. represent one of the following extensions:
- Actions - Allows for performing actions on links from the context menu
- Adblock - Blocks content based on its URL
- Auto-scroll - Automatically scrolls on middle mouse clicks
- Auto-reload - Reloads a tab every certain period
- Bookmarks-tray - Adds a bookmarks menu to the panel
- Certificates - Displays SSL certificates
- Dashboard - Sends cluepackets to Dashboard
- Error-viewer - Shows Javascript and HTML errors in an error viewer dialog
- Extensions-manager-ui - Allows for enabling and disabling Epiphany extensions using a GUI
- Favicon - Loads /favicon.ico if a page doesn't specify one
- Gestures - Enables mouse gestures
- Greasemonkey - Loads Mozilla Greasemonkey scripts
- Imagebar - Displays a toolbar over images
- Java-console - Provides access to the Java-Plugin Console
- Livehttpheaders - Displays HTTP headers
- Net-monitor - Monitors the network status and sets 'offline' mode accordingly
- Page-info - Shows information about the current page
- Permissions - Manages website permissions
- Push-scroller - Enables scrolling by holding the middle mouse button and 'pushing'
- Python-console - Opens an interactive Python console
- RSS - Allows for subscribing to newsfeeds contained within web pages
- Select-stylesheet - Lets you switch between alternate stylesheets
- Sidebar - Adds a sidebar to Epiphany
- Smart-bookmarks - Allows for searching the web using right-click on selected text
- Tab-groups - Opens new tabs to the right of the current one
- Tab-states - Indicates unread tabs in the tab label
- Tabsmenu - Provides tabs menu entries to move tabs across windows
- All - Installs all the above extensions
- Sample - Sample extension for use as a template
- Sample-mozilla - Sample extension using Mozilla API for use as a template
- Really-all - Installs all the above extensions, including samples
Overall, the Epiphany Extensions package is a helpful and comprehensive collection of extensions that enhance the functionality of Epiphany Software. Choosing which extensions to build is straightforward using the command mentioned above.
What's New
Version 2.28.1: N/A