The Researcher

About

The Researcher is a powerful multilingual note-taking extension that lets you capture and translate ideas directly on any webpage using sticky notes.

🌟 NEW IN v2.2: ANALYTICS & BUG FIXES

• Added privacy-focused analytics to help improve the extension
• Enhanced stability and error handling
• Fixed extension reload behavior

🌐 TRANSLATION FEATURE (v2.1):

• Translate notes in 20+ languages instantly
• English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Thai, Bengali, Indonesian, and more
• Right-click any note → "Translate" to open translation popup
• Copy translations to clipboard or save as new notes
• Smart caching for instant repeated translations

✨ KEY FEATURES:

• Create notes instantly with Shift + Double-Click
• Right-click selected text to create notes automatically
• Auto-save while typing - notes save every 1.5 seconds automatically
• Cloud sync across devices (when signed into Chrome)
• Minimize notes to save screen space while keeping them accessible
• Draggable sticky notes that stay perfectly positioned on each webpage
• Works on dynamic sites like ChatGPT, Gmail, and Twitter
• Badge counter shows note count for current page
• Zero data loss - triple-redundant save system

🚀 ENHANCED RELIABILITY:

• Smart auto-save prevents data loss even when closing tabs mid-edit
• SPA navigation support - notes switch automatically on single-page apps
• CSP compatible - works on secure websites
• International character support for all languages

📖 HOW TO USE:

1. Visit any webpage
2. Shift + Double-Click anywhere to create a blank note
3. Highlight text → Right-click → "Add Note from Selection"
4. Click hamburger menu (≡) → "Translate" to translate any note
5. Drag notes by the header to reposition them
6. Click minimize (−) to collapse notes
7. Click × to delete notes

✅ PERFECT FOR:

• Students conducting multilingual research
• Language learners and translators
• Developers reading international documentation
• Researchers gathering information from multiple languages
• Content creators managing multilingual projects
• Anyone annotating webpages across language barriers

🔒 PRIVACY & DATA HANDLING:

• Notes stored locally or in Chrome sync (your choice)
• No personal information or browsing history collected
• Anonymous usage analytics (feature usage only, no note content)
• Analytics helps us improve the extension and can be disabled
• Translation feature only sends text you explicitly choose to translate
• Uses free public APIs (MyMemory & LibreTranslate)
• Full privacy policy included with extension

📧 SUPPORT:
For questions or feedback: [email protected]

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Transform The Researcher into your multilingual research companion today!