uskithub / better-history

Better History for Chrome

Better History

Chrome is an excellent browser. However browsing your history kinda stinks. Let's make it better friend.

Stack

• Coffeescript for javascript
• Jasmine for specs
• Mustache for templating
• Node.js for development

Extracted Pieces

• Chrome bootstrap for Chrome settings styles
• Chrome historian for history management

Setup

Better History uses Node.js for development setup, compiling, and running specs. You'll need to run the command below to install the the dev environment.

$ npm install

To generate coffeescript, templates, and package files on change, run the following.

$ npm start

This will create a build/ directory containing an installable Better History extension. Install this directory as an extension in Chrome; you will need to enable developer mode on the extension page to install local extensions.

When the build/ directory is installed as an extension and you are running npm start, you will see your updates automatically. Be aware that when updating the extensions/_locales/ directory, you may need to disable and enable the extension or reload it from Chrome's installed extensions page.

To run jasmine specs, use the following command

$ npm test