I built a jobhunting Firefox extension
Sorry if this isn't allowed, I wasn't sure where I could post this. Thought this community would appreciate it the most.
Anyways, I built an extension for FF while I'm applying to jobs. I noticed when applying at the same company again, the applications were basically the same and asking the same questions. So I built the extension that will auto save the data submitted to the application to reference when seeing the same question again later.
It is still a WIP, it will recognize the application platform/page about 80% of the time and save on submittal, and if its not confident enough for auto-save there is a manual save option as well. There are some rough edges where the fields may not be saved correctly or bugs like that, but I'm at a point where I'd love for some others to test it out and get a better idea of what platforms are being missed or fields, etc.
So if you are job hunting, or know someone that is, please check out [AnswerHoard](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/answerhoard/) and let me know what you think!
Couple concerns out the gate:
- privacy: everything is saved ONLY on your browser. I don't get any of it unless you share it with me with your feedback.
- permissions: turns out it's a pain in the ass to try to recognize a job application page. Everyone does it differently, with different URLs, multi-page, SPA, in-frame, etc. So as of now the extension runs on every page to detect if it is an application submission page or not. Again, I don't get ANY data from the pages you view/data you submit. You can read the privacy policy [here](https://stevepricedev.github.io/answerhoard-privacy/)
- if you'd like to report pages that were not detected, detected but not saved, saved but the fields are wrong, please feel free to submit an issue [here](https://github.com/stevePriceDev/answerhoard-privacy/issues/new/choose)
Thanks to anyone who checks it out! Sorry again mods if this is not allowed
Anyways, I built an extension for FF while I'm applying to jobs. I noticed when applying at the same company again, the applications were basically the same and asking the same questions. So I built the extension that will auto save the data submitted to the application to reference when seeing the same question again later.
It is still a WIP, it will recognize the application platform/page about 80% of the time and save on submittal, and if its not confident enough for auto-save there is a manual save option as well. There are some rough edges where the fields may not be saved correctly or bugs like that, but I'm at a point where I'd love for some others to test it out and get a better idea of what platforms are being missed or fields, etc.
So if you are job hunting, or know someone that is, please check out [AnswerHoard](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/answerhoard/) and let me know what you think!
Couple concerns out the gate:
- privacy: everything is saved ONLY on your browser. I don't get any of it unless you share it with me with your feedback.
- permissions: turns out it's a pain in the ass to try to recognize a job application page. Everyone does it differently, with different URLs, multi-page, SPA, in-frame, etc. So as of now the extension runs on every page to detect if it is an application submission page or not. Again, I don't get ANY data from the pages you view/data you submit. You can read the privacy policy [here](https://stevepricedev.github.io/answerhoard-privacy/)
- if you'd like to report pages that were not detected, detected but not saved, saved but the fields are wrong, please feel free to submit an issue [here](https://github.com/stevePriceDev/answerhoard-privacy/issues/new/choose)
Thanks to anyone who checks it out! Sorry again mods if this is not allowed