extension ExtPose

HKUL Search Assistant

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Description from extension meta

Search the HKU Libraries Catalogue without leaving your current page

Image from store HKUL Search Assistant
Description from store HKUL Search Assistant helps you to search HKU Libraries Catalogue and other popular search engines within your current page. Access from a non-HKUL website, such as a Publisher’s website, would not trigger the HKUL login page, and you will be asked to pay for access. HKUL Search Assistant identifies your affiliation with HKUL, you will need to route via the EZProxy server.

Latest issues

  • (2023-09-01, v:3.0.5) Ming-Tian Yang: Critical Bug of HKUL Search Assistant 3.0.5
    On 30th Aug, the extension upgraded to its 3.0.5 version. However, there is a critical bug: in `background.js`, the variable `urlDomain` is assigned to be the domain name of the page with the leftmost part dropped, e.g., if the URL is “http://ccl.pku.edu.cn:8080/ccl_corpus/”, then `urlDomain` will be “pku.edu.cn”, which is contained in `preferredString`. Therefore, the plugin will try to proxy it via the EZProxy server, although doing so will cause the website to detect abnormal access and report an error. To make matters worse, “google.com” is also included in `preferredString`, which means that our visits to Google-owned sites will also be captured by the plugin. This will cause the tab URL to be modified when we use these products, which may result in the page being “refreshed” incorrectly. At present, a large number of users have been affected by this stupid issue. I hope you can fix it as soon as possible and sincerely apologize to all members of the university community.

Statistics

Installs
3,984 history
Category
Rating
5.0 (2 votes)
Last update / version
2024-04-08 / 3.0.17
Listing languages
en

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