Let it snow

Tracking since Apr 3, 2026.

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• Apr 23, 2026
  description

  Let it snow brings a festive snowfall effect to any website and gives you full control over how it looks and feels.
  
  Create your own winter style:
  - Adjust snowflake count, falling speed, and size range
  - Use custom symbols, long text phrases, and multiple colors
  - Add animated GIF flakes from URL or local files
  - Interact with snowfall using mouse or touch gestures
  - Save and switch presets for different moods
  - Import and export settings as JSON
  - Enjoy smooth rendering with WebGPU and reliable Canvas 2D fallback
  - Use the extension in English or Russian
  
  Perfect for holiday atmosphere, stream visuals, demos, and playful everyday browsing.
  
  Changes in version 2.0.3 (since 2.0.1):
  - Added a shared wind field module for both renderers (WebGPU and Canvas 2D fallback)
  - Improved wind simulation architecture, including vortex wind component support
  - Added a new built-in Chess preset
  - Added popup menu width setting (320–520) with live preview and saved preference
  - Added localization for popup width setting in English and Russian
  - Improved desktop and mobile input handling:
  - Pointer Events support with touch fallback
  - Better touch/pen interaction mapping
  - Updated popup layout for better mobile usability
  - Updated tests for content script and popup behavior
  
  Privacy
  Let it snow does not collect, sell, or share personal data.
  The extension works locally in your browser and stores only your visual settings (for example: snow count, symbols, colors, presets, popup width) in browser storage (chrome.storage).
  No account, registration, analytics, or tracking is required.
  If you add GIF URLs manually, those files are requested directly from the source URL in your browser to display animation.

  Let it snow adds a festive snowfall effect to any website and gives you full control over the animation style.
  
  Create your own winter look:
  - Adjust snowflake count, fall speed, and size range
  - Use custom symbols, long phrases, and multiple colors
  - Add animated GIF flakes from URLs or local files
  - Interact with snow using mouse and touch gestures
  - Save and switch presets for different moods
  - Import and export settings in JSON
  - Transfer all presets during import/export with one toggle
  - Restore built-in preset templates in one click
  - Enjoy smooth rendering with WebGPU and a reliable Canvas 2D fallback
  - Use the extension in English and Russian
  
  Perfect for holiday vibes, stream styling, demos, and everyday beautiful browsing.
  
  Changes in version 2.0.5 (from 2.0.4):
  - Improved glyph size range normalization with shared 2-10% handling and legacy value conversion
  - Enhanced glyph size preview fidelity to better match renderer output
  - Added tests for glyph size normalization edge cases
  
  Privacy
  Let it snow does not collect, sell, or share personal data.
  The extension works locally in your browser and stores only your visual settings (for example: snowflake count, symbols, colors, presets, popup width) in browser storage (chrome.storage).
  No account, registration, analytics, or tracking is required.
  If you manually add GIF URLs, these files are requested directly from the specified source in your browser to display animation.

• Apr 3, 2026
  description

  # Let It Snow Extension Description
  
  ## 🎄 Main Features
  
  **Let It Snow** is a browser extension for creating customizable snowfall on any web page.
  
  ### Key Capabilities:
  
  1. **🎨 Full Visual Customization**
     - Snowflake color selection (HEX support)
     - Symbol configuration (Unicode, HTML codes)
     - Long sentences instead of single symbols
     - GIF animations integration (URL or local files)
  
  2. **⚙️ Flexible Animation Parameters**
     - Snowflake count (1-320)
     - Fall speed (0.1-3.0)
     - Size range (min/max)
     - Automatic start on page load
  
  3. **🌐 Multilingual Support**
     - Full interface localization
     - Russian and English language support
     - Translation system via `chrome.i18n`
  
  4. **💾 Settings Persistence**
     - Automatic saving to `chrome.storage`
     - Synchronization across tabs
     - Quick reset to defaults
  
  ## ⚡ Advantages
  
  ### Technical Advantages:
  
  - **WebGPU rendering** — high-performance animation
  - **Canvas 2D fallback** — compatibility with older browsers
  - **Hot Module Replacement** — fast development via playground
  - **Cross-browser** — supports Chrome, Firefox, Edge
  
  ### User Advantages:
  
  - **🎯 Ease of use** — intuitive UI with visual elements
  - **🎨 Creative freedom** — unlimited customization options
  - **⚡ No reload needed** — settings apply instantly
  - **📱 Responsive design** — works correctly on any screen size
  - **🔒 Privacy** — no data collection, works locally
  
  ### Developer Advantages:
  
  - **📦 Playground environment** — testing without extension installation
  - **🔥 HMR for CSS/JS** — instant change application
  - **🧪 Modular architecture** — easy to add new features
  - **📚 Documentation** — detailed comments and README
  
  ## 🎁 Unique Features
  
  - Support for **Data URL** for local GIF files
  - Visual **preview** for symbols and GIFs
  - **Tooltip** system for all elements
  - **Tabs** Settings/About for structured interface
  - Automatic **validation** (minimum 1 color/symbol)

  Let it snow brings a festive snowfall effect to any website and gives you full control over how it looks and feels.
  
  Create your own winter style:
  - Adjust snowflake count, falling speed, and size range
  - Use custom symbols, long text phrases, and multiple colors
  - Add animated GIF flakes from URL or local files
  - Interact with snowfall using mouse or touch gestures
  - Save and switch presets for different moods
  - Import and export settings as JSON
  - Enjoy smooth rendering with WebGPU and reliable Canvas 2D fallback
  - Use the extension in English or Russian
  
  Perfect for holiday atmosphere, stream visuals, demos, and playful everyday browsing.
  
  Changes in version 2.0.3 (since 2.0.1):
  - Added a shared wind field module for both renderers (WebGPU and Canvas 2D fallback)
  - Improved wind simulation architecture, including vortex wind component support
  - Added a new built-in Chess preset
  - Added popup menu width setting (320–520) with live preview and saved preference
  - Added localization for popup width setting in English and Russian
  - Improved desktop and mobile input handling:
  - Pointer Events support with touch fallback
  - Better touch/pen interaction mapping
  - Updated popup layout for better mobile usability
  - Updated tests for content script and popup behavior
  
  Privacy
  Let it snow does not collect, sell, or share personal data.
  The extension works locally in your browser and stores only your visual settings (for example: snow count, symbols, colors, presets, popup width) in browser storage (chrome.storage).
  No account, registration, analytics, or tracking is required.
  If you add GIF URLs manually, those files are requested directly from the source URL in your browser to display animation.

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