What is Mastodon Friend Check?

Mastodon Friend Check is a Chrome extension developed by https://developing.today, and its main feature is "This extension shows 'Following' if you've already followed a remote Mastodon web profile.".

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Download Mastodon Friend Check Extension CRX File

Download Mastodon Friend Check extension files in crx format, manually install Chrome extensions in the browser, or share the crx files with friends to easily install Chrome extensions.

Extension Usage Instructions

This will let you click it to jump between original page and your mastodon instance's version of the page.

Features:
- If following, follow button lists following.
- Otherwise, fixes follow button to remote follow
- Toggle/Jump Between Local Mastodon Page & Original Mastodon page
- extension menu clickable action
- context menu clickable button
- hotkey (default: alt+j for jump)
- optional auto-Jump
- by status or account
- when local or remote
- https://src.developing.today/MastodonFriendCheck/issues/new
- https://hachyderm.io/@dezren39
- [email protected]
- 7152550552

In-Progress Features:
- Bug Fixes
- Copy Paste Prompt Triggers Auto-Jump

2023 Changelog:
January: Allow Toggling Between Instances. Fix following button.

2017 Changelog:
June: New errors messaging. 'Enter' submits textbox. Following count now displays in popup. Instance name alone now also works. Fixed CSS/HTML for changing 'Follow' to 'Following', improved method of obtaining following list.
April: At some point CSS changed to 'next' instead of 'next_page' fixed that and a couple other things.

Extension Basic Information

Name	Mastodon Friend Check
ID	komooichefkcbdhhhicpplicceldpcmn
Official URL	https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/mastodon-friend-check/komooichefkcbdhhhicpplicceldpcmn
Description	This extension shows 'Following' if you've already followed a remote Mastodon web profile.
File Size	31.4 KB
Installation Count	39
Current Version	1.4.0
Last Updated	2023-02-05
Publish Date	2017-06-02
Developer	https://developing.today
Email	[email protected]
Payment Type	free
Extension Website	https://src.developing.today/MastodonFriendCheck
Help Page URL	https://src.developing.today/MastodonFriendCheck/issues
Supported Languages	en-US
manifest.json
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