Steam Discussion Helper

Adds new functionality to assist in posting in the Steam Community.

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-05-03

By: HHHApps

Users: 97

Rating: 4.33 (3)

Version: 1.7 (Last updated: 2019-11-28)

Creation date: 2019-11-26

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

<all_urls>
activeTab

Size: 57.07K

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Summary

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This extension is a productivity tool for posting to the Steam Community that saves you a bit of time from having to type out all of the BBCode by hand. It allows you to quickly surround selected text with BBCode tags, as well as offers extra tags (they are plain text tags not built into Steam BBCode that might be useful).

All tag options are added as buttons directly above or below new post text areas depending on the location in Steam, and are also added to a sidebar to allow you to tag text you wish to include in your post as you scroll through a thread with many posts.

This extension should work on (almost) all Steam community discussion areas. This would include: regular Steam discussions, game hub discussions, and group discussions (the buttons are added as long as you have the required permissions to create new discussions). It does not work on the Friend Activity section at the moment, but that is something I would like to add.

The following explains what buttons are available and what they add:

H1 [h1]selected text[/h1]

B [b]selected text[/b]

User reviews

Since I couldn't open another window just to make reviews, comments, and posts and I couldn't be bothered typing each tag (which is horrifying tiring and confusing), this extension is a life-saver. Thank you!!!

pluvillion, 2022-08-09

The implementation works as of today July 2021. But it has not aged well, the screenshots on the extension are rather confusing as they're not high resolution. On my screen it shows BBcode formatting options under "more discussion" tab. You can only apply quick formatting to a new reply which is another issue I have with the extension kinda unfortunate. The advertised selected-text option does work in a new reply and you can add formatting to a sentence or even paragraph to your fully hearts desire. But it's missing some formatting options it does not have HR (Horizontal rule) and table besides that this addon gives users a more rich text approach to writing comments in Steam Discussions. Though sarcasm, off-topic aren't real ones and are more for giggles for the developer then actually being useful for the user. If a user really wanted to ebelish sarcasm I think the internet unified itself across forums of the usage /s and OT but that's just my opinion. Instead of using fictional bb tags that might confuse people. Also thanks to the developer(s) for including a changelog inside the description but if you update to 1.7 and don't tell anyone what you did this is not as transparent as you think anymore. I rather suggest you use somekind of git portal (gitea, gitlab, github) where you can upload your changes and keep the users informed about your code. If you wanna be more transparent about your projects.

Felix Bauerschäfer, 2021-07-30

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Safety

Risk impact

Steam Discussion Helper may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.