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Lemmy.world: Any addons like Stylus for websites styles, that can automatically backup files on my device? (self.firefox)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by TheTwelveYearOld to c/firefox

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Edit: I want to automatically export my themes because I've lost themes in the past on Firefox when addon data would unexpectedly get wiped.

I did some searches but it appears that addons like Stylus only support syncing with cloud storage.

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[–] TheTwelveYearOld 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Tab Session manage can automatically backup sessions to the backup folder. I mentioned that on r/Firefox and got this response:

Oh, this is interesting. It does a backup-to-disk 30 seconds after startup.

During init() it schedules the backup with

setTimeout(backupSessions, 30000);

This generates a silent download to a predefined folder through the functions in these files:

https://github.com/sienori/Tab-Session-Manager/blob/master/src/background/background.js

https://github.com/sienori/Tab-Session-Manager/blob/master/src/background/backup.js

https://github.com/sienori/Tab-Session-Manager/blob/master/src/background/export.js

I didn't know setTimeout() worked in background scripts. If setInterval() works, too, then this could be done every 15 minutes or whatever interval would be sensible for user styles.

[–] MrOtherGuy 1 points 9 months ago

Huh, okay. That does seem like extensions can indeed write arbitrary data to default download directory automatically. Maybe you can create a feature request to existing extension for that kind of feature. Although I would think that an interval is totally unnecessary and it would make more sense to only make a backup whenever style editor is started or a style is otherwise being added/removed or some such.