[Q] [Req] Chrome extension that turns Market links into Appbrain links

[swefse]

I'd be very happy if someone Chrome extension that turned all "market://search?q=[app.name.here}" links (either text or image) on a page into "http://www.appbrain.com/search?q={app.name.here}" links.

This would make it much easier for Fast Web Installer users. Instead of having to
a) Find the phone, open Barcode Scanner, scan the qr code and press the
or
b) Open Appbrain.com and type in the app name

Wouldn't it be much easier to just
c) Click the link
and get to the Appbrain market description, just like that?

 

[GinoAMelone]

Sounded cool. So, I wrote my first GreaseMonkey script to do it.

BTW, while testing this, I discovered that the Firefox add-on Fox To Phone sends market links straight to your phone by default. This can be turned off though.

So, a link or two or three to test. Note: the first of these doesn't work on AppBrain. This is an issue with AppBrain. If you enter the package name in the search box, it won't find the app either.

The script is here. I plan to look into some of the other options in a market link and try to improve it further.

BTW, I've only tested this in Firefox. Don't have Chrome on this machine.

Edit: Added support for publisher links. Google describes hybrid links as well. But, the docs aren't even clear on how to format them. I'm not going to try supporting them.

Edit2: That sucker changes the links within the WYSIWYG editor here. I had to put them back in the source mode editor.

 

[DesertEagle]

This extension converts links like market:// into links to web-based Android Market, AppBrain or Cyrket.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gajhjoapeieoanifnjafnnmkedppeoao