Color code individual Chinese characters

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Version
0.0.0.3
Update
December 10, 2017
Size
4.63MiB
Developer
Category
Users
54
Rating
3.4 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Http://*/*
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Chinese Personalized Colors Extension

Chinese Personalized Colors - A Tone Colorizer

Version 0.0.0.3

NOTE: This Chrome extension is in beta. There may be bugs and will likely be performance degradation.

Copyright (C) 2017 Andrew Alexander

Colorizes Chinese characters based on tone.

Currently this extension is very new and relatively untested. Site load times are increased and there are likely to be some bugs.

- Supports over 5000 characters
- Includes a recent version of the widely used CEDICT Chinese English dictionary.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "Chinese Personalized Colors", "version": "0.0.0.3", "short_name": "CPC", "manifest_version": 2, "description": "Color code individual Chinese characters", "options_ui": { "chrome_style": true, "page": "options.html" }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["http://*/*", "https://*/*", "file:///*/*", "\\u003Call_urls>"], "css": ["mystyles.css"], "js": ["jquery-1.7.2.min.js", "highlight_class_version.js", "content.js"], "all_frames": true } ], "permissions": ["storage", "http://*/*"], "background": { "scripts": ["dict.js", "main.js", "background.js"] }, "browser_action": { "default_title": "CPC" }, "icons": { "128": "cpc-128px.png", "48": "cpc-48px.png", "16": "cpc-16px.png" }, "author": "Andrew Alexander", "web_accessible_resources": ["css/*", "js/*", "images/*"]}
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How to download and manually install Chinese Personalized Colors extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Chinese Personalized Colors 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 Chinese Personalized Colors extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Chinese Personalized Colors extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Chinese Personalized Colors extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Chinese Personalized Colors 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 Chinese Personalized Colors Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Chinese Personalized Colors extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Chinese Personalized Colors extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Chinese Personalized Colors 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 Chinese Personalized Colors 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 Chinese Personalized Colors extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Chinese Personalized Colors 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 Chinese Personalized Colors extension file

Select and download the Chinese Personalized Colors 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 Chinese Personalized Colors 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 Chinese Personalized Colors 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 Chinese Personalized Colors 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 Chinese Personalized Colors extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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Niall Mc Evoy (ID: 0000004d4437947c) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 01/18/2023 At the moment it doesn't seme to work at all but i might keep an eye out for it and something similar. Sounds like a good idea really. No pressure though i understand your just one guy

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Roman Bolshakov (ID: 000000b02218b210) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 03/06/2020 Well, it doesn't work at all! So, I guess, I can't rate it better at this moment.

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Geza Kovacs (ID: 00000077fd74429a) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 03/28/2018 Great idea, note that this seems to assign the wrong tone colors for a ton of words - for example, 为什么 is colored orange orange red whereas it should be wei4shen2me5 (blue orange grey). It's also slow as molasses, to the point of being unusable on large pages. Hope there's not some O(n) algorithm running over the entire dictionary for every character or something. I wonder if maybe a different way could be used to indicate the tone color rather than coloring the whole thing - maybe put a colored underline under the word or so. Right now it makes reading large texts quite painful for the eyes.

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Logan Bobb (ID: 000000e9dcc5cf2b) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 02/19/2018 I love that this exists, was exactly what I was looking for! Unfortunately many of the tones are displayed incorrectly at a rate that is too frequent for me to recommend this app. I understand that context matters a lot, but some tones are incorrect within the word that they are part of. For instance 机场 (ji1 chang3) will display as (ji1 chang2). The rate of error is fairly high and a new Chinese speaker could end up with some serious tone problems if they use this software (and tones are hard enough as is). Still giving 3 stars because it would be quite an undertaking to fix all of these issues, and it's still super cool that this exists at all. Will be using ZhongWen Chinese Popup Dictionary until this receives some updates. It's a much slower way to check tones, but very accurate which is nice. Hoping the problems are addressed so that I can use this all the time! Would be very convenient.

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Nicholas Ryan Scroggs (ID: 000000212006ae62) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 12/12/2017 I have always loved the color character feature in Pleco. Tones are still one of the trickiest features of Chinese for me. This extension allows me to confidently read characters that I wold have hesitated on before. Can't wait for it to come out of beta.