This extension adds a button to the toolbar that will popup a window to follow the Mastodon user on the current page. This is mostly to scratch an itch where some mastodon pages make you have to copy the username, then search for it in your own instance, then click follow there once the search loads.
To use a server other than mastodon.social, go to the settings page and enter the server address including https://, omitting any trailing slash.
To run the extension locally, install web-ext via npm:
npm install -g web-extAnd then run with the following command
web-ext run --source-dir ./src --target firefox-desktop --devtools --browser-consoleThis command is also found in the just file as just run. (See https://just.systems/ for more details).
Install via https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/follow-mastodon-user/
Visit the extension preferences page to update your server name from the default.
Clicking the follow button on a remote server presents a dialog where you can copy the user name, paste it on your own instance, wait for the search to complete and then click add. This is too many steps.
A button on the toolbar (soon to be in the address bar), that takes you to your server, where you click follow.
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