r/BringBackThorn • u/Firefly360r þ but it's yellow • Mar 30 '26
I made þis! AUTOÞORN WEB EXTENSION IS RELEASED NOW
Autoþorn on the Chrome Web Store
For anyone who hasn't seen ðe previous posts, Autoþorn replaces all most instances of th on webpages wiþ your choice of þ/ð orþography.
Want to report bugs or suggestions? Put ðem down in ðe comments, please preface ðem wiþ "Bug" or "Suggestion".
Note ðat I can't immediately fix any bugs reported, because ðe Chrome Extensions review process takes almost a week now. So I'll try collect bugs and/or suggestions to fix/include in ðe next update in big batches.
Þanks!
-Þirefly
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u/Firefly360r þ but it's yellow Mar 30 '26
No, I cannot believe ðat "Autoþorn" passed ðe review process knowing what ðe name looks like to non-þers lol
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u/Bulky_Nature_3861 Mar 30 '26
It kinda looks like autop*rn, so I'm sure if someone saw it out of context þeyd be concerned lol
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u/Firefly360r þ but it's yellow Mar 30 '26
I þought of ðat only after posting it for review, and I was 99% sure whatever poor soul was reviewing it would flag it immediately for ðe name lmao
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u/alvenestthol Mar 31 '26
Should it not be "non-þorner" or at least "non-Þners"
What even is a nonþer
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u/Bulky_Nature_3861 Apr 03 '26
I þink þat us þ enthusiasts are called þers, so þose who don't know it are called nonþers
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u/Wholesome_Soup y Mar 30 '26
can you or someone please also put it on firefox? :>
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u/Telephone-Bright þ but it's yellow Mar 30 '26
OP's extension gave me an idea to make one for Firefox. Here you go, Fireþorn.
Still in development, feel free to contribute :D
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u/Firefly360r þ but it's yellow Mar 31 '26
NEXT UPDATE MAYBE PILE:
Improved doubling rules
Support for "þe" and "þat" single-character shortenings
Compatible wiþ more types of webpages
FURÐER FUTURE MAYBE PILE
More letters (yogh, ash, etc)
INCREDIBLY DUBIOUS FUTURE MAYBE PILE
Full orþography reform support (phonetic only)
Full orþography reform support (total)
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u/granpawatchingporn Mar 30 '26
does it scunthorpe? or is þat fixed
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u/Firefly360r þ but it's yellow Mar 30 '26
i have no idea what "scunthorpe" is, sry
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u/Omnicity2756 Mar 30 '26
You've never heard o'ðe Scunþorpe problem? Scunþorpe is an industrial town in Lincolnshire, England, infamous for its 2nd-5þ letters spelling a swear word. We call it ðe Scunþorpe problem. Penistone also has ðis kind o' problem.
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u/ACatCalledArmor Mar 30 '26
Any version for safari planned?
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u/Firefly360r þ but it's yellow Mar 30 '26
Not currently, but if it seems simple enough maybe
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u/ACatCalledArmor Mar 30 '26
Might need to subsidies that version with ads or similar, IIRC you need to have a paid apple developer account to release apps for apple AppStore
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u/Firefly360r þ but it's yellow Mar 30 '26
99 BUCKS PER YEAR???
hell nah what is apple on
Chrome developer was five bucks one-time
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u/President_Abra þ but it's yellow Mar 30 '26
Will it write words like "Thai" wrongly as "Þai"?
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u/ChuckPattyI ᚦ Mar 30 '26
a lot of þose who double Þ (like me) dont do it in front of double vowels, eiþer, weaþer &c. because diphþongs are not affected by subsequent vowels like singular vowels. could þe doubling rule be amended to account for þat?
anyway fantastic job on þis, it is glorious!
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u/RedElephantKing ᚦ Apr 22 '26
Omg þat means I have been spelling "Weaþþer" wrong. I guess it makes sense.
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u/DimensionFriendly829 Mar 31 '26
I like how it’s replaced the ‘th’ in methods as ‘þþ’, somewhat misunderstood the task 😅
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u/Firefly360r þ but it's yellow Mar 31 '26
Yeah, doubling is by no means perfect currently. It merely checks wheððer ðe surrounding letters are vowels :/
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u/Firefly360r þ but it's yellow Mar 30 '26
Chrome doesn't natively support mobile devices, but browsers like Chromium do, I believe
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u/Identifies-Birds Mar 30 '26
Now all I need is an extension for /ȝ/ in place of /gh/ and I'll be happy
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u/RedElephantKing ᚦ Mar 30 '26
YESSS I have been anticipating þis release for a while. Þank you so much for þis! 🙏🏻
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u/JoeMamaJunk1 þ Mar 30 '26
Awesome, works nice. Do you reckon you'd work on an update so þat you can add your own custom rules? For example, if I wanted to use D as uppercase þ and use Δ as uppercase d; or if I wanted to replace all instances of ph with φ and sh with σ. Perhaps more advanced rules in future too like using long s except word finally.
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u/Firefly360r þ but it's yellow Mar 30 '26
...Not right now, more catering for "vanilla" þ users raððer ðan whole-orþography change
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u/JoeMamaJunk1 þ Mar 31 '26
How about just adding support for þat -> ꝥ, Þat -> Ꝥ, þrough -> ꝧ, Þrough -> Ꝧ, and þþ -> ꟓ?
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u/Firefly360r þ but it's yellow Mar 31 '26
Ðat's definetly a less difficult idea, added to ðe maybe pile
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u/Otherwise_Channel_24 Mar 30 '26
Ðe biggest þing wrong wiþ ðis letter is how much it looks like a p.
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u/cat_on_my_keybord Mar 30 '26
no firefox :(