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v2.0.0 - The Research Workspace & 8-Slice Wheel Pivot

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@fluryjanis fluryjanis released this 06 Aug 02:10
v2.0.0
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🧪 Research Wheel v2.0.0: The Research Edition Pivot

This major update transforms QuickWheel into Research Wheel a middle-click radial gesture menu and side panel built specifically for web research, citations, and rapid note-taking.

⚡ What’s New

8-Slice Research Radial Wheel
Replaced generic tab actions with 8 instant research shortcuts:

  • 🎓 Scholar Search: Launches a Google Scholar search using highlighted text (or page title if none).
  • 🧬 PubMed: Launches a PubMed search using highlighted text or title.
  • 📝 Append Note: Clips selected text directly to your Workspace side panel as a note.
  • 📜 Citation: Formats, saves, and copies a citation (APA, MLA, Chicago, or BibTeX) to clipboard.
  • 📂 Workspace: Triggers the background service worker to open the Chrome Side Panel.
  • 🌐 Translate: Translates leading text containers on the page in-place.
  • 🔗 Title + URL: Copies a clean markdown hyperlink [Page Title](URL) to your clipboard.
  • 📋 Quote + Source: Copies and saves selected text as a blockquote with markdown source attribution.

Research Workspace (Side Panel)
Automatically captures your appended quotes, bookmarks, and notes in a persistent sidebar panel.

Markdown Export
Export your collected research notes directly to .md files for Obsidian, Notion, or local storage with a single click.

📦 Installation (Developer / Unpacked Mode)

  1. Download ResearchWheel.zip from the assets below.
  2. Extract the ZIP file to a local folder on your machine.
  3. Open Chrome or Brave and navigate to chrome://extensions/.
  4. Enable Developer mode (toggle switch in the top right).
  5. Click Load unpacked and select your extracted folder.

🔒 Privacy First

Research Wheel operates 100% locally on your device. Zero data collection, zero external analytics, and zero tracking.

💬 Feedback & Feature Requests

Have an idea for a research action or citation format?
👉 Open an Issue on GitHub

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QuickWheel v1.0.0

QuickWheel v1.0.0

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@fluryjanis fluryjanis released this 30 Jul 19:14
v1.0.0
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QuickWheel v1.0.0 - Initial Release

Initial public release of QuickWheel a dual ring radial mouse gesture menu triggered by holding middle click for high-speed, frictionless browsing!

Key Features

  • Dual-Ring Radial Menu: Hold middle click (>150ms) anywhere on a web page to summon an 8 directional gesture wheel under your cursor.
  • Inner Ring Shortcuts (Close Flicks):
    • Duplicate Tab (UP): Clone active tab instantly.
    • Focus Search (RIGHT): Auto focus search bars on YouTube, Reddit, X, Wikipedia, etc.
    • Copy Markdown (BOTTOM): Format selected text as a Markdown quote with page link.
    • Translate Page (LEFT): In place text translation under the hood.
  • Outer Ring Shortcuts (Far Flicks):
    • Jump to Top (UP): Smooth scroll to feed top.
    • Mute/Unmute Tab (RIGHT): Toggle media playback audio.
    • Copy Link (BOTTOM): Direct URL clip to clipboard.
    • Reopen Tab (LEFT): Restore last closed tab.
  • Preserves Native Autoscroll: Quick middle clicks (<150ms) pass through to standard browser autoscroll.
  • Shadow DOM Isolation: Webpage CSS won't break the radial UI layout.
  • 100% Private: Operates entirely locally with zero tracking or analytics.

Installation

Chrome / Chromium Browsers:

  1. Download QuickWheel.zip from the assets below and unzip it.
  2. Go to chrome://extensions/ and enable Developer mode (top right).
  3. Click Load unpacked (top left) and select the unzipped directory.

Firefox:

  1. Download QuickWheel Firefox.zip and unzip it.
  2. Go to about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox.
  3. Click Load Temporary Add-on... and select manifest.json.
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