New way of Conducting Design System Inventory and Visualizing Design System in use with Infa
Infa.ai Extension
What Problem Are We Trying to Solve?
Today, if you want to learn about specific design systems, such as GitHub’s Primer, you typically refer to a dedicated knowledge base with a table of contents or a search feature to find and learn how to use different components.
The Challenge
Traditional design systems are often detached from the actual environments where they are applied. Users have to navigate away from their work context to explore external documentation or tools to understand component variations and usage.
Infa’s Solution
Instead of relying solely on a static table of contents for components, Infa allows users to visualize and interact with these components directly within their native environments—right where they are used, in the actual product within the browser.
Example
Take GitHub, for instance. With Infa, as users navigate through GitHub, they can see and interact with the design system components in action on actual product pages. Clicking on a component reveals detailed information from official documentation, Figma, or Storybook, integrated seamlessly into the workflow.
Benefits of Infa
1. Immediate Context and Relevance: Visualizing components in their real use cases helps users understand how design elements function within the actual product environment.
2. Enhanced Learning and Onboarding: New team members can quickly get up to speed by seeing how components are applied in real scenarios rather than abstract examples.
3. Contextual Feedback: Users can highlight inconsistencies, suggest improvements, and even submit new components directly from the product.
4. Connect References: Accelerate resource accessibility by linking directly to Figma, Storybook, and other essential tools.
5. Conduct Inventory: Streamline your design system audit process by understanding component variations across your product.
Alpha Release Features
1. Discovery Mode: Visualize all design system components directly on the web page, showing how they are implemented in real-world contexts. This enhances understanding and usage by allowing users to see components in action.
2. Boards: Keep all your component highlights organized directly within your Chrome browser. Whether you're aligning your team, conducting inventories, refining components, or researching externally, Infa’s boards keep you on track.
3. Main Components: Add components directly within the Chrome extension with relevant links and notes. Tag them and create component views to visually represent their usage on actual web pages.
4. xPath Selectors: Enable specific selection based on element paths, IDs, or classes. Define roles once and automatically highlight all related components on the page, even as product elements shift.
5. Markdown Support: Copy text from any web page and paste it into notes to transform it into markdown, allowing for easy inclusion of images in main component descriptions, enhancing the documentation's richness and utility.
Getting Started
To begin using the Infa Chrome Extension, sign up on the infa.ai website to receive a link to the extension. Explore community boards or create new ones, and start adding and tagging components directly within your product’s web pages.
Source Manifest.json
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How to download and manually install Infa.ai extension for Chrome
Looking for a way to install Infa.ai 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 Infa.ai extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Infa.ai extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.
Method 1: Download Infa.ai extension and manually install through Drag &Drop
If you ever need to manually install a Infa.ai 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 Infa.ai Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.
Look for the Infa.ai extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Infa.ai extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Infa.ai 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 Infa.ai 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 Infa.ai extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode
This is another method to install Infa.ai 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 Infa.ai extension file
Select and download the Infa.ai 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 Infa.ai 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 Infa.ai 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 Infa.ai 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 Infa.ai extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.
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