jsomers.net

The archaeology of great writing

Latest Version

Version

0.0.19

Update

October 11, 2024

Size

937KiB

Developer

jsomers.net

Draftback Extension

Draftback lets you play back the revision history of any Google Doc you can edit. It's like going back in time to look over your own shoulder as you write.

PRIVACY POLICY

I designed the extension to be as careful as possible about user privacy. No data is collected by me. User data is stored locally on the user's computer and it is only stored/collected there so that future replays of an already-replayed document will go faster.

It's possible that Google itself collects some user data on every one of its extensions, in which case Draftback wouldn't be an exception.

OTHER NOTES

- With Draftback, your data is kept entirely private. Draftback was purposely designed so that you could play back your own docs without having to share them with a third party. This is -your- data; Draftback just lets you see it in a new way.

- Draftback only needs access to docs.google.com to get the revision data for playback—but that data never leaves your own browser.

- Draftback has been tested with large documents, but you may run into trouble with REALLY large docs. If that happens, shoot me a note ([email protected]) and I'll try to get to the bottom of it.

Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 3, "name": "Draftback", "description": "The archaeology of great writing", "version": "0.0.19", "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["*://docs.google.com/*/*/edit*"], "js": ["jquery.js", "jquery.scrollTo.min.js", "moment.js", "draftback.js"], "css": ["progress.css"] } ],\t "host_permissions": [ "*://docs.google.com/*" ], "background": { "service_worker": "background.js" }, "web_accessible_resources": [{ "resources": ["images/*.png", "images/*.gif", "injected.js"], "matches": ["*://docs.google.com/*"] }]}

Download CRX(937KiB)

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User reviews

Oliver Blenniss (ID: 0000008c3497d463) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 10/23/2023 Kinda mid because it keeps spinning, would get something else tbh.

Caine Marlette (ID: 0000001959653e2c) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 03/30/2023 This was a lifesaver! I am in high school in an AP class and today I got accused of using ChatGPT to write an essay. I have never written a review for an app before, but I absolutely loved this, especially how I can use it for documents I have already written. I used this to prove my innocence then recommended this software to my teacher. I know there are probably other resources like this one and to be honest it was a little confusing with the "embed"-ing, but this was the first one I saw, and it absolutely save my buttocks.

Spocckce Delton (ID: 00000064eea65fdd) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 03/17/2023 Very outdated, hasnt been updated in a year, plus its still using that same old 2015-2016 layout which is pretty boring and it sucks how its not even using the same layout as the 2023 layout for google docs.

Cindy Bahl (Cindy) (ID: 0000009be9acf12d) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 09/22/2022 FAIL. Does not work. At all. I tried everything. It is useless.

Luis A. Socías Contreras (ID: 0000007fbe5d513c) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 04/06/2021 EXCELENT I COULD RECOVER LOST WORK THANK YOU!!!!

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Draftback