Make reading news online more fun. Based on the XKCD comic http://xkcd.com/1288/

Latest Version

Version
0.2
Update
December 4, 2013
Size
45.72KiB
Developer
Category
Users
2
Rating
5 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
ActiveTab
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XKCD News Substitutions Extension

This extension is pretty straightforward: once installed, you need only click the extension button and the substitutions will be applied to all text on the page. Read about Elf-Lords rallying behind Obama, or wealthy people crashing their atomic cats.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx","name": "XKCD News Substitutions","description": "Make reading news online more fun. Based on the XKCD comic http://xkcd.com/1288/","version": "0.2","icons": { "16": "icon16.png", "48": "icon48.png", "128": "icon128.png" },"permissions": ["activeTab"],"background": {"scripts": ["background.js"],"persistent": false},"browser_action": {"default_title": "Make the news more interesting","default_icon": "xkcd.png"},"manifest_version": 2,"author": "John Foushee "}
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Johnathan H (SkittishOwl) (ID: 000000715c3f1b75) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 02/13/2016 This is beautiful and needs to be built upon. Reading Presidential Eating Contests will never be the same.