Fades the news teasers you have already seen.
Scanning the same news homepage all day means re-reading the same headlines over and over. Already remembers what you actually saw and fades it out — so only the new survives.
- A teaser counts as seen only when it was really on screen: at least 50% visible for a configurable dwell time (default 1s). Flick-scrolling past does not count.
- After N sightings without a click (default 3), the teaser is dimmed — hover restores it — or hidden entirely.
- Articles you click or open fade immediately.
- Changing settings restyles open pages instantly.
- Runs only on sites you enable, one by one. Disabling a site revokes its permission again.
- Everything lives in
chrome.storage.local. No accounts, no servers, no analytics, zero network requests. - Data expires after a configurable retention period (default 60 days). One click wipes a site's data.
Chrome Web Store: coming soon.
From source:
- Clone this repo.
- Open
chrome://extensions, enable Developer mode. - "Load unpacked", select the repo folder.
- Open a news site, click the Already icon, enable the site.
Works on Chrome, Brave, Edge, and other Chromium browsers (MV3).
| Setting | Default | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Views before fade | 3 | Sightings without a click before fading |
| Dwell time | 1000 ms | How long a teaser must be visible |
| Fade mode | Dim | Dim (hover restores) or hide |
| Keep data | 60 days | Retention before entries expire |
- Vanilla JS, Manifest V3, no build step, zero dependencies.
- Pure logic lives in
lib.js; tests:node --test - Manual fixture:
python3 -m http.server 8000 --directory test, then enable Already onhttp://localhost:8000/fixture.html. - Package for the store:
bash scripts/package.sh→dist/*.zip - CI runs tests on push; tagging
v*attaches a release zip.
The popup follows an "ink density" visual world: articles are ink, repeated exposure drains it. A halftone gauge shows tracked and faded counts per site. Fonts (Libre Franklin, Fragment Mono) are bundled locally.
MIT — see LICENSE.