The only browser history you will ever want to keep.

Latest Version

Version
0.8.7
Update
April 6, 2017
Size
792KiB
Developer
cottontracks.com
Category
Users
2,000+
Rating
4.55319 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
Français
Català
Español
Español (Latinoamérica)
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Permissions
Notifications
Tabs
Chrome://favicon/
Http://*/*
Https://*/*
History
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cottonTracks Extension

THE ONLY BROWSER HISTORY YOU WILL EVER WANT TO KEEP

cottonTracks is an automated and curated record of the best content you experience on your web browser. It replaces your history and bookmarks while maintaining a stunning summary of your insights and influences. Navigate as usual and we take care of organizing your favorite content seamlessly.

AN INTELLIGENT RECORD OF YOUR INTERESTS

Our algorithms create collections of interesting articles, videos, images and maps based on how deeply you investigate a particular subject. Search and browse a few pages around the same idea and the app will remember and organize the information automatically.

STOP BOOKMARKING

We believe in an unobtrusive and smart way of defining your own web. The time of searching in an undifferentiated mass of information and collecting references by hand is over. Want to go back to some information previously seen about the topic of a video you are currently playing? Click the C button and access the most relevant stories you have encountered in the past weeks, months or years around this very subject.

SMART QUOTES

Want to remember a specific joke or an impressive number in an article? Highlight it and we will remember it as a quote.

PRIVACY

You should not have to worry about the location of your data, especially the intimate one. Your browser history is never sent to a server and the app entirely runs within your computer. We parse content, not people. You can use cottonTracks without any log in.
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Source Manifest.json

{
"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx",
"content_scripts": [{"run_at": "document_idle", "matches": ["*://*/*"], "include_globs": ["http://*", "https://*", "https://www.google.*", "https://maps.google.*", "https://www.youtube.*", "https://vimeo.com/*", "https://*.wikipedia.org/*"], "exclude_globs": ["https://www.google.*/url", "https://www.google.com/analytics/web/*", "https://www.google.com/calendar/*"], "js": ["lib/class.js", "lib/jquery-2.0.0.min.js", "lib/jquery.livequery.js", "lib/underscore.min.js", "content_scripts0.min.js"], "css": []}], "minimum_chrome_version": "22", "name": "__MSG_extName__", "default_locale": "en", "icons": {"128": "/media/images/manifest/cotton_tracks_favicon_128.png", "48": "/media/images/manifest/cotton_tracks_favicon_48.png", "16": "/media/images/manifest/cotton_tracks_favicon_16.png"}, "manifest_version": 2, "description": "__MSG_extDesc__", "homepage_url": "http://www.cottontracks.com", "version": "0.8.7", "background": {"scripts": ["lib/class.js", "lib/underscore.min.js", "background.min.js"], "persistent": false}, "content_security_policy": "script-src 'self' https://ssl.google-analytics.com; object-src 'self'", "browser_action": {"default_icon": {"19": "media/images/browser_action/cbutton19.png", "38": "media/images/browser_action/cbutton38.png"}, "default_title": "cottonTracks"}, "permissions": ["notifications", "tabs", "chrome://favicon/", "http://*/*", "https://*/*", "history"]}
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How to download and manually install cottonTracks extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install cottonTracks extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install cottonTracks extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install cottonTracks extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download cottonTracks extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a cottonTracks extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the cottonTracks Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the cottonTracks extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the cottonTracks extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for cottonTracks extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the cottonTracks extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download cottonTracks extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install cottonTracks extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the cottonTracks extension file

Select and download the cottonTracks extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the cottonTracks extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your cottonTracks extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the cottonTracks extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install cottonTracks extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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1 ksdavidc ksdavidc (ID: 000000713e8cf873) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 04/01/2023 Strangely, this plugin seems to have a conflict with the site turbowarp.org. If I turn cottontracks off, the site works, but if i turn it on, that site bombs. It may be more general than that, but that is my observation. I am also contacting them about this.

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Sylvie (ID: 000000e977f24171) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 03/03/2018 a fonctionne 1 journée!!! Depuis 4 J Rien

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Steve Lōser (ID: 00000097e1a96870) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 02/22/2017 Enhances Chrome History by auto-categorizing the sites you have been viewing lately. Can select Favorites, too, but wish I could also classify by user-created groups as well. Still, this is GREAT Chrome Extension! Thanks, CottonTracks.

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Sylvia Head-Gallegos (ID: 00000055148338e5) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 02/12/2017 I still need to learn how to organize the contents of each folder better... But it is going to be helpful onv=ce I learn to do that...

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Ridvan Saglam (ID: 00000085eaa18753) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 02/11/2017 This is a really cool app!