Revise Text browser extension
Launching on ProductHunt today!
I am launching Revise text on ProductHunt today. Please support the project at the following link:
https://www.producthunt.com/products/revise-text-browser-extension-2?utm_source=other&utm_medium=social
Thanks in advance!
I apologize for the lack of updates lately!
I've decided to keep my extension unlisted for a while to gather more user feedback and refine my marketing strategy. Relying solely on extension web store optimization will not be enough.
For that reason, I have decided to track competitors and their channels, as well as relevant keywords across social networks. One platform has shown significant related activity, but unfortunately, it doesn't support RSS feeds—my preferred method for consuming information. To tackle this, I've built a scraper along with an RSS feed generator. This tool might even evolve into a standalone product in the near future!
In the process, I’ve been exploring new technologies. I’ve started experimenting with Cloudflare serverless workers, which use JavaScript, and their straightforward KV (key-value) datastore. I learned the hard way that JavaScript doesn’t support unsigned 64-bit integers, as they get truncated to 53 bits! If you're curious, try running this line in your JavaScript console:
(10765432100123456789).toString()
I have mixed feelings about surprises like this! ☺
Back to marketing ... RSS alerts are functioning smoothly, but it seems my dedicated social network account has been flagged as probable spam. I'm hoping this is just a temporary issue due to its newness. Stay tuned for more updates!
Today I made adjustments to the landing page and, as a result, gained my first experience with the Handlebars templating engine. The web page can be found at the following address:
The latest extension update was approved yesterday by the Chrome Web Store. It took them 3 to 4 days, while Mozilla approved the Firefox version in a few hours. In any case, the extension is no longer in 'closed beta', it now has the official status of 'unlisted' on Chrome and 'experimental' on Firefox. However, anyone with the direct link can install it.
Chrome link:
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/revise-text/bmndhppkilpcmcfpeamdlggjffnoaeje
Firefox link:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/revise-text/
Your feedback is appreciated!
Slowly getting ready for the public launch.
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Don't try to come up with clever words that sound great. Use direct words and say what it is and who is your ideal customer:
Revise Text
Free AI-powered tool for editorial writers.
Then, when you know why your customers pay you, you can add that:
Revise Text
Save 10 hours a week with our free AI-powered tool for editorial writers-
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That's valuable feedback, gracias che! Would you like to try out the extension yourself? It's still in closed beta.
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Slowly getting ready for the public launch.
Software is like a piece of art—it's never truly finished. 🎨 This is the fourth revision of the browser extension icon. The extension is currently in closed beta and ready for your testing. Are you a Chrome or Firefox user? Let me know!
After less than three days in review, my extension has passed all security checks and is approved in the Chrome Web Store. It is in closed beta, so drop a comment if you are interested in trying it out!
Just onboarded the first beta users—then discovered a Firefox trait: it kills extension background scripts after a while. This meant some requests were missing the unique user ID. Fixed the bug, patched both server & extension, and v0.1.2 is live! 🚀
What has happened meanwhile? Choosing an e-commerce provider and obtaining verification from their side took too long, so I decided to publish the extension without any payment options. I will expose it to a limited number of users and gather their feedback. In the meantime, I have:
✅ Opened dedicated accounts on various social networks and linked them on the extension's home page.
✅ Added Google Analytics to the home page.
✅ Improved the extension's modal dialog so that its style does not get messed up with the style of the underlying page.
✅ Separated the development from the deployment source code, which is now being minified, and updated the build scripts accordingly (for both the extension and server side).
✅ Submitted the extension to Mozilla, got verified, and uploaded the signed extension to the website.
And what now? Let's try to find some beta users.
By the way, at this moment, only the Firefox version is available. I have decided to start with that browser, as it has fewer users, and my plan is to, hopefully, increase their number gradually.
Total time dedicated to the project before the first launch: 95.5 hours. This is slightly more than two workweeks, which is not bad considering that I have chosen to work with new technologies.
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