Outdated Doc Detector

Help non-English developers to check whether the translation of the current page is behind the corresponding English version.

Outdated Doc Detector - Chrome Extension

Outdated Doc Detector is a Chrome extension that helps non-English developers by checking if the translation of the current page is behind the corresponding English version. It indicates whether the document is outdated and shows a warning bar on the website. Supported developer websites include MDN Web Docs, Android Developers, Google Developers, Firebase Developers, Google Cloud Developers, and TensorFlow Developers.
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Extension stats

Users: 128
-12
Rating: 5.00
(4)
Version: 2.0.0 (Last updated: 2024-09-29)
Creation date: 2020-01-06
Risk impact: Low risk impact
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Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 191.49K

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There are several developer websites that support multiple languages which are translated from English. Non-English developers prefer to use their native language as the default display language. But these non-English documents on the website maybe out of date compared with it's corresponding English versions.

Outdated documents often lead to potential problems and are inconspicuous for developers. This extension is used to indicate whether the document is out of date by comparing the updated time between non-English version and English version of the same page.

It will show a warning bar on the top of the website and show different icons on the address bar if the content is non-English and outdated. Currently the supported developer websites include MDN Web Docs, Android Developers, Google Developers, Firebase Developers, Google Cloud Developers and TensorFlow Developers.

More info and Feedback see: https://github.com/hanguokai/Outdated-Doc-Detector

Release Notes [1.2.0] - 2018-02-05

  • New feature: Support MDN site for web developers.

[1.1.0] - 2017-09-08

  • New feature: Add warning banner in web pages and it's setting in the extension options page.
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User reviews

finally readable google documentation
by Maciej, 2021-05-16

非常好用的文档工具。看文档的时候不用担心时效了。
by Tian Jin, 2017-09-02
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Outdated Doc Detector requires very minimum permissions.

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