Visual Time Travel

Visualize your browsing history like never before

About Visual Time Travel

Visual Time Travel is a powerful browser extension that automatically captures screenshots as you browse the web, creating a visual record of your browsing history. Unlike traditional text-based history, Visual Time Travel gives you a visual snapshot of each page, making it easier to recognize and recall the content you've seen before.

The extension works seamlessly in the background, capturing screenshots when you navigate to new tabs and organizing them in a chronological timeline. You can easily search and filter your visual history by date, domain, or keywords, and revisit any page with a single click.

Key Features

Automatic Screenshots

Captures visual snapshots of webpages as you browse, creating a visual history that's easy to recognize.

Smart Search

Find pages by title, URL, or domain with our powerful search functionality.

Advanced Filtering

Filter your visual history by date, domain, or custom criteria to quickly find what you're looking for.

Timeline View

Browse your history in a chronological timeline with visual previews of each page.

Secure Storage

Your screenshots are stored securely and privately, with options for local or cloud storage.

Lightweight Performance

Designed to run efficiently in the background without slowing down your browsing experience.

Installation Instructions

1

Download the Extension

Clone or download the repository from GitHub.

git clone https://github.com/chirag127/Visual-Time-Travel2.git
2

Load the Extension

Open your browser's extension page and enable Developer Mode.

  • Chrome: Navigate to chrome://extensions/
  • Edge: Navigate to edge://extensions/
  • Firefox: Navigate to about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox
3

Install Unpacked Extension

Click "Load unpacked" (Chrome/Edge) or "Load Temporary Add-on" (Firefox) and select the extension directory.

4

Configure Settings

Click on the extension icon in your browser toolbar to open the popup and configure your preferences.

How to Use

Visual Time Travel works automatically in the background, capturing screenshots as you browse. Here's how to make the most of it:

  1. Enable Screenshot Capturing: Toggle the screenshot capturing feature on/off from the extension popup.
  2. View Your Timeline: Click "View Timeline" in the popup to see your visual browsing history.
  3. Search and Filter: Use the search bar and filters in the timeline view to find specific pages.
  4. Revisit Pages: Click on any screenshot in your timeline to revisit that page.
Visual Time Travel Screenshot

Technology Stack

JavaScript (ES6+)
Chrome Extension API
HTML5
CSS3
Node.js
Express.js
MongoDB
JWT Authentication