My iNaturalist browser extension

[lnlcflx]

Hey!

I’ve always wanted certain small QoL features on the iNat website that would likely not be added because they are more tended towards power users…

Introducing LnLcFlx’ iNaturalist Tweaks! This is my browser extension, and it just got accepted in the Firefox store. Mobile (Firefox for Android) is also supported (for the crazy people like me, who use the website on their phone). I will not submit it to the Chrome store for reasons explained in the following link, but you may install it in Chrome manually.

Note, this is my first JS project, and there will be some bugs. It is also very much WIP, and I’m planning to add many more useful and funny little features.
Now some screenshots to see what it’s about:

• show the observations that are connected via observation fields such as

  
  

• embed videos/websites linked in observation fields

  

• show EXIF info about a photo right inside the observation image picker (for those who love to stalk other people’s gear). It even supports flash detection, the Lens filter observation field and showing the filename (the latter is only possible for your own observations)

  

• fetch the German conservation status directly from the authority (because most statuses are missing)

  
  If there is interest and a public API (or at least a scrapable website) I can also add direct fetches of other red lists.

• all features can be turned off/on individually in the extension settings

  

Ideas are welcome, but note that I do not have much time and this is mostly a hobby utility that I created to serve my own needs. The source code is freely available here. For bugs/feature requests just open an issue there (or write it here alternatively).

• Could this be useful to you?
• yes on Firefox
• yes on Chrome (also Edge, etc.)
• yes on Safari
• yes on mobile
• no

Best wishes,
LnLcFlx

[lnlcflx]

Oh, I see I didn’t quite understand polls here: The “Could this be useful to you?” is supposed to be the heading of the poll.

I’ll look into supporting Chrome and Safari then.

[lnlcflx]

Now supports Chrome (but not on the store)!

I don’t have Windows, so I can’t test if it works on Edge as well.
Feedback for other Chrome based browsers welcomed.

[IDfanatic]

I actually love the ‘spy on equipment’ feature. That’s so smart! :D
I stoped looking at that info because it always destroys me to see how much those cameras cost but I may actually steal that idea!

(I use edge, will check if it works if you want)

[lnlcflx]

Thanks :) If there was only an API endpoint to get the metadata…
I would compile the top 10 most used camera setups on iNat (maybe even per groups e.g. birds vs macro separately). My bank account would not survive the jealousy…

If you could test real quick on Edge, it would be great! I just googled its edge://extensions instead of chrome://extensions, unlike in my README claims.