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# Trilium Web Clipper - Manifest V3 Conversion
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## 📋 **Summary**
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This pull request upgrades the Trilium Web Clipper Chrome extension from Manifest V2 to Manifest V3, ensuring compatibility with Chrome's future extension platform while adding significant UX improvements.
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## ✨ **Key Improvements**
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### **🚀 Performance Enhancements**
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- **Faster page saving** - Optimized async operations eliminate blocking
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- **Smart content script injection** - Only injects when needed, reducing overhead
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- **Efficient error handling** - Clean fallback mechanisms
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### **👤 Better User Experience**
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- **Progressive status notifications** - Real-time feedback with emojis:
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- 📄 "Page capture started..."
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- 🖼️ "Processing X image(s)..."
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- 💾 "Saving to Trilium Desktop/Server..."
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- ✅ "Page has been saved to Trilium." (with clickable link)
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- **Instant feedback** - No more wondering "is it working?"
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- **Error-free operation** - Clean console logs
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## 🔧 **Technical Changes**
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### **Manifest V3 Compliance**
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- Updated `manifest_version` from 2 to 3
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- Converted `browser_action` → `action`
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- Updated `background` scripts → `service_worker` with ES modules
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- Separated `permissions` and `host_permissions`
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- Added `scripting` permission for dynamic injection
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- Updated `content_security_policy` to V3 format
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### **API Modernization**
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- Replaced all `browser.*` calls with `chrome.*` APIs
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- Updated `browser.tabs.executeScript` → `chrome.scripting.executeScript`
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- Converted to ES module architecture
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- Added proper async message handling
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### **Architecture Improvements**
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- **Service Worker Background Script** - Modern persistent background
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- **Dynamic Content Script Injection** - Better performance and reliability
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- **ES Module System** - Cleaner imports/exports throughout
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- **Robust Error Handling** - Graceful degradation on failures
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## 📁 **Files Modified**
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### Core Extension Files
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- `manifest.json` - Complete V3 conversion
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- `background.js` - New ES module service worker
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- `content.js` - Chrome APIs + enhanced messaging
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- `utils.js` - ES module exports
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- `trilium_server_facade.js` - Chrome APIs + ES exports
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### UI Scripts
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- `popup/popup.js` - Chrome API updates
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- `options/options.js` - Chrome API updates
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### Backup Files Created
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- `background-v2.js` - Original V2 background (preserved)
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## 🧪 **Testing Completed**
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### ✅ **Core Functionality**
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- Extension loads without errors
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- All save operations work (selection, page, screenshots, images, links)
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- Context menus and keyboard shortcuts functional
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- Popup and options pages working
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### ✅ **Integration Testing**
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- Trilium Desktop connection verified
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- Trilium Server connection verified
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- Toast notifications with clickable links working
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- Note opening in Trilium verified
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### ✅ **Performance Testing**
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- Faster save operations confirmed
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- Clean error-free console logs
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- Progressive status updates working
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## 🔄 **Migration Path**
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### **Backward Compatibility**
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- All existing functionality preserved
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- No breaking changes to user experience
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- Original V2 code backed up as `background-v2.js`
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### **Future Readiness**
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- Compatible with Chrome Manifest V3 requirements
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- Prepared for Manifest V2 deprecation (June 2024)
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- Modern extension architecture
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## 🎯 **Benefits for Users**
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1. **Immediate** - Better feedback during save operations
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2. **Future-proof** - Will continue working as Chrome evolves
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3. **Faster** - Optimized performance improvements
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4. **Reliable** - Enhanced error handling and recovery
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## 📝 **Notes for Reviewers**
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- This maintains 100% functional compatibility with existing extension
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- ES modules provide better code organization and maintainability
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- Progressive status system significantly improves user experience
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- All chrome.* APIs are stable and recommended for V3
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## 🧹 **Clean Implementation**
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- No deprecated APIs used
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- Follows Chrome extension best practices
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- Comprehensive error handling
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- Clean separation of concerns with ES modules
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**Ready for production use** - Extensively tested and verified working with both Trilium Desktop and Server configurations.
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