This is part of a series of posts introducing the projects built by open source contributors mentored by Creative Commons during Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2020 and Outreachy. Mayank Nader was one of those contributors and we are grateful for his work on this project.
TheCC Search Browser Extensionallows users to search, filter, and use images in the Public Domain and under Creative Commons licenses. It is heavily inspired byCC Searchbut at the same time, it offers an experience that is more personalized and collaborative. One of the primary goals of the extension is to complement the user’s workflow and allow them to concentrate on what’s important.
Recently, there have been many improvements to the CC Search Browser Extension and I’ll go through the significant changes in this post.
- New filters
Previously, the extension only supported filtering the content usinglicense,sources, anduse case. Now, the extension also supports filtering byimage type,file type,aspect ratio, andimage size. This will allow users to be more precise in their queries when searching.
- Browsing by source
扩展现在有一个动态更新的“源”部分。这为探索CC目录中目前可用的所有40多个来源开辟了一条道路。这对于不熟悉特定源提供的内容类型的用户是有利的。他们可能会遇到一个有大量他们正在寻找的高质量图像目录的资源。
- Search by tags
Most of the images have some tags associated with them, which are now shown in the image-detail section. Image tags will allow users to incrementally make their queries better and more specific.
- Related images
In the image detail section of any particular image, you can now see several recommendations. This will help users find a variety of images that fit their requirements and also explore the images that would not usually show up on the initial pages of the search result.
- Improvement to the bookmarks section
The bookmarks section is an important part of the extension. While searching, if you find images that you might use later you can bookmark and save them in the extension.
The bookmarks section has undergone some crucial improvements which have made it significantly faster. Also, now the extension will be able to hold 300 bookmarks (the old version had a limit of only 50).
We made sure that the updates to the bookmarks section do not remove any previously saved bookmarks. If a user has some old bookmark files that they are using for sharing or archiving, the extension will still be able to recognize and parse those files.
比较旧版和新版书签图像的呈现，可以看到性能上的改进。
- Improved UI
更新扩展的用户界面是必要的，为所有的改进腾出空间。所有的工作流程和功能在旧版本的扩展已经更新，使新的UI非常直观。
- Demonstrating a general use case
As I said in the introduction of this post, rather than complicating the workflow of the user, the extension’s goal is to complement it. The extension makes it easier to add images and their attributions to a blog post in WordPress, for example. After you have searched and bookmarked the images, it’s a matter of a few clicks. You can replicate this on Medium, Blogger, or any modern blogging platform. (很明显这里!)
- Installation
The latest version of the extension is available for installation onGoogle Chrome,Mozilla Firefox,Opera, andMicrosoft Edge.
如果你已经在使用扩展，那么扩展应该有自动更新。如果没有，手动更新的说明会写在设置页面的FAQ选项卡下。
Join the community
Come and tell us about your experience on theCreative Commons Slackvia the slack channel:#cc-dev-browser-extension.
Also, check out the project onGithub. You can contribute in the form of bug reports, feature requests, or code contributions.
