IIIF to CWorld @mprove

A context menu item for links: »Open IIIF book, IA video or geolink in CWorld«.
IIIF manifests and Internet Archive videos are presented as thumbnails.
The menu is applicable to all links that can be imported with Smart Drag’n’Drop [cf. Chronoscope Guide on importing IIIF Books].

New context menu item for links.

Pre-Release

The extension is not yet distributed via the Web Store. But you can install it from here by following the following steps. Do you follow me?

Do you have Chrome or Brave or Firefox? Then Download IIIFtoCWorld_v0.6.zip
Extract the archive.

Installation in Chrome or Brave:

(scroll down for Firefox)

Open Window > Extensions
Enable Developer Mode top right to activate the buttons [Load unpacked] [pack Extension] [Update]
Click the button [Load unpacked] and choose the folder »IIIF to CWorld«.
- I said the folder, not anything inside.

Successfully installed browser extension in Chrome

Installation in Firefox:

In the URL bar, enter "about:debugging"
On the left, click "This Firefox"
Click the button [Load Temporary Add-on...]
Choose the file manifest.json inside the extracted folder.

Successfully installed browser extension in Firefox

Now go to any IIIF provider and right-mouse-click on a IIIF manifest link.
Or look for something at the Internet Archive and right-mouse-click on a search preview. This can either be a document or a video.

Do you like it? Or not? Please send feedback to mprove@acm.org

Log

21-May-2026: pre-release 0.6

support for Firefox

21-May-2026: pre-release 0.5

localization for German, Spanish, French
experiments and learning what’s possible and useful

11-May-2026: initial working prototype