Refreshing Rules in Browser Extensions

[[violet]]

Hey, so I am modifying a browser extension and need guidance on the legality of remapping the F5 button to another key. R/D frequently requires manual spamming of F5, which is positioned in a location that is terrible for my wrist / screams "carpal tunnel". The legality of remapping it appears to be unclear.

The new key wouldn't do anything that you can't already do with F5. Each action must be initiated by user click. However, spamming the button manually can initiate a new action before the previous one completes, (although it is the same action and never a different one) which is listed as illegal for a script to perform.

So, my question is, does a browser extension count as a "script" (it does not hit the API), and do page reloads count as an action that must complete entirely before the next action may occur?

Additionally, how do you test a browser extension to see if it works, if you are unsure of its legality in the first place?

[Frisbeeteria]

As this is more a technical scripts question than a moderation question, Moved Technical.

Additionally, how do you test a browser extension to see if it works, if you are unsure of its legality in the first place?

That's a question you'll have to solve on your own, or with player help. We don't provide a script / extension testing service.

[Caelapes]

If all the tool does is remap the function of F5 to another key on the keyboard, I'm not sure if that would be restricted by the rules. We'd need a techie to weigh in.

If it adds a button to the page in the browser, however, it must wait for the page to fully load before being able to execute the refresh again. See here: viewtopic.php?p=28093534#p28093534

Browser extensions are absolutely scripts, and scripts do not necessarily have to hit the API. Page reloads (as with anything executed by a tool/script) must wait for the completion of a previous command before being executed again.

You can test the script on another site and watch the networking panel in your browser's developer tools to make sure it's following the rules.

[Drake made a test nation and then]

This is the only currently-implemented feature, and yes, it only does a straight remap to another key. There is no addition of a button to click. No advantage is gained that you can't get by manually hammering away at F5, other than sparing my wrist from being arched for up to 2 hours at a time.

I'm not worrying about the other features until I can pull them off first.

Any game mods around to rule on whether page refreshes can be remapped?

[Frisbeeteria]

Any game mods around to rule on whether page refreshes can be remapped?

The question doesn't make sense to me. You're asking a technical question of what is essentially a lawyer. You need an admin, not a mod.

[[violet]]

Caelapes is right. If your tool simply remaps and doesn't actually create a request itself, that's fine. If it makes its own requests, you need to avoid making simultaneous ones.

Incidentally, mashing F5 is very slow, because it forces your browser to re-query the server not only for the page HTML but also for every script, image, etc, on that page. There are faster ways to do that.