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+slug: dk-sort
+title: "dk-sort Browser Extension"
+date: "2024-06-02T12:00:00-04:00"
+
+pics:
+  dk-sort:
+    css: "image"
+    tip: "dk-sort toolbar."
+    sources:
+      - "/files/posts/dk-sort/dk-sort.webp"
+      - src: "/files/posts/dk-sort/dk-sort.png"
+        width: 798
+        height: 87
+---
+
+Last week I released a [browser extension][] for [Firefox][] which sorts
+entries in [Daily Kos][] live update articles in chronological order and
+adds a sort toolbar.
+
+[Install Firefox Add-On][addon], [Git Repository][dk-sort]
+
+[{{< pe-figure "dk-sort" >}}][dk-sort]
+
+**Background:** Several months ago I created a [bookmarklet][]
+(available [here][dk-sort-bookmarklet]) which sorts entries in [Daily
+Kos][] live update articles from oldest to newest.  Unfortunately the
+[bookmarklet][] was difficult for people to use because:
+
+- Installation required copying minified [JavaScript][] into a text
+  field, and
+- You had to click the [bookmarklet][] after loading a live
+  update article in order to activate it
+
+To address these problems, I converted the [bookmarklet][] into a
+[browser extension][].  I also added a couple of features during the
+convdrsion.
+
+**Note:** The extension isn't [Firefox][]-specific, but it's unlikely I
+will port it to [Chrome][] because [I recommend people ditch
+Chrome][ditch-chrome].
+
+[dk-sort]: https://github.com/pablotron/dk-sort
+  "Browser plugin which adds a sort toolbar to Daily Kos live update articles."
+[firefox]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
+  "Mozilla Firefox web browser."
+[daily kos]: https://dailykos.com/
+  "Daily Kos"
+[hugo]: https://gohugo.io/
+  "Hugo static site generator."
+[apache]: https://apache.org/
+  "Apache web server"
+[browser extension]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_extension
+  "Web browser extension."
+[dk-sort-bookmarklet]: https://pmdn.org/dk-sort.txt
+  "Browser bookmarklet which sorts entries in Daily Kos live update articles in chronological order."
+[javascript]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript
+  "JavaScript scripting language"
+[csv]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values
+  "Comma-separate Values file (CSV)"
+[addon]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dk-sort/
+  "Firefox Add-Ons page for dk-sort"
+[chrome]: https://www.google.com/chrome/
+  "Google Chrome web browser"
+[edge]: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge
+  "Microsoft Edge web browser."
+[ditch-chrome]: {{< relref "posts/2024-06-02-time-to-ditch-chrome.md" >}}
+  "Time to Ditch Chrome"
+[bookmarklet]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookmarklet
+  "Web browser bookmark which contains a brief JavaScript script."