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author | MarvNC <rotrobmin@gmail.com> | 2023-11-03 11:59:21 -0700 |
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committer | MarvNC <rotrobmin@gmail.com> | 2023-11-03 11:59:21 -0700 |
commit | ec62375c017f124570cf922647c530829714eee2 (patch) | |
tree | accb3968e083f6e59a243b840d7859d61b3fae9e /docs | |
parent | 5e10b67c500b7af9d5af6d98caae9734ebdf984d (diff) | |
parent | b64f51c3b13a46af4dd7f1e43048ac19c781ca7b (diff) |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into update-dictionaries
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-rw-r--r-- | docs/permissions.md | 23 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/docs/permissions.md b/docs/permissions.md index 57f9f0b2..b2b1a34c 100644 --- a/docs/permissions.md +++ b/docs/permissions.md @@ -9,26 +9,16 @@ `unlimitedStorage` is used to help prevent web browsers from unexpectedly deleting dictionary data. -* `webRequest` <br> - Yomichan uses this permission to collect audio or create Anki notes using - [AnkiConnect](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2055492159). - It is also required to surface error information from failed requests. - -* `webRequestBlocking` _(Firefox only)_ <br> - Yomichan uses this permission to ensure certain requests have valid and secure headers. - This sometimes involves removing or changing the `Origin` request header, - as this can be used to fingerprint browser configuration. - -* `declarativeNetRequest` _(Chrome only)_ <br> +* `declarativeNetRequest` <br> Yomichan uses this permission to ensure certain requests have valid and secure headers. This sometimes involves removing or changing the `Origin` request header, as this can be used to fingerprint browser configuration. -* `scripting` _(Manifest V3 only)_ <br> - Yomichan will sometimes need to inject stylesheets into webpages in order to +* `scripting` <br> + Yomichan needs to inject content scripts and stylesheets into webpages in order to properly display the search popup. -* `offscreen` __(Chrome only)_ <br> +* `offscreen` _(Chrome only)_ <br> Yomitan uses this permission to create a secondary backend document that has DOM access, given that Manifest v3 service workers do not. Service workers can then reach out to out to this document in order to complete actions that require access to DOM APIs, such as any that require clipboard access. @@ -37,15 +27,14 @@ Yomichan supports simulating the `Ctrl+C` (copy to clipboard) keyboard shortcut when a definitions popup is open and focused. -* `clipboardRead` (optional) <br> +* `clipboardRead` _(optional)_ <br> Yomichan supports automatically opening a search window when Japanese text is copied to the clipboard while the browser is running, depending on how certain settings are configured. This allows Yomichan to support scanning text from external applications, provided there is a way to copy text from those applications to the clipboard. -* `nativeMessaging` (optional on Chrome) <br> +* `nativeMessaging` _(optional, unavailable on Firefox for Android)_ <br> Yomichan has the ability to communicate with an optional native messaging component in order to support parsing large blocks of Japanese text using [MeCab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeCab). The installation of this component is optional and is not included by default. - This permission is optional on Chrome, but required on Firefox, because Firefox does not permit it to be optional. |