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History — Universal Timeline Search (Browser Extension)

Browser Support

Browser	Support	Install Method
Chrome	Full	Load unpacked → extensions/history-search
Edge	Full	Same as Chrome (Chromium-based)
Brave	Full	Same as Chrome (Chromium-based)
Opera	Full	Same as Chrome (Chromium-based)
Arc	Full	Same as Chrome (Chromium-based)
Vivaldi	Full	Same as Chrome (Chromium-based)
Firefox	Full	about:debugging → Load Temporary Add-on → manifest.json
Safari	Requires wrapper	Use Xcode’s “Convert Web Extension” to wrap this extension

Search Engines Supported

Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave Search, Ecosia, Yahoo

What It Does

Injects a panel above search results with:

• 14 connectors: Wikipedia, Open Library, Wayback Machine, Sacred Texts, Yale Archives, ARDA, arXiv, PubChem, GenBank, LGBTQ Archives, Meta Research, HathiTrust, Internet Archive
• Mini timeline strip: 61 orders of magnitude (Planck time → Observable Universe)
• Progressive loading: Results appear as each connector responds
• Connector toggles: Enable/disable any source, saved to browser storage

Mobile Alternative

Mobile browsers don’t support content script extensions. Use the PWA instead: search.html

Or use the search command in HexTerm:

search shakespeare
q quantum computing

Install (Developer Mode)

1. chrome://extensions → Enable Developer Mode
2. “Load unpacked” → select this folder
3. Go to Google/Bing/DuckDuckGo and search anything

Files

• manifest.json — Manifest v3 (Chrome/Edge/Brave/Opera/Firefox)
• content.js — Content script injected into search pages
• styles.css — Dark galactic theme
• background.js — Service worker for settings
• popup.html — Extension popup with connector toggles
• icons/ — Extension icons (open generate-icons.html to make custom ones)

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