Aha, the good old days! I remember ~10 years ago when I just started this project, the internet was like the wild west. Cookies hadn't eaten the world yet, and I just checked every permission that I thought would be useful for this tool. Neither Firefox nor Chrome couldn't care less, my extension just lived its best life, silently running on every website it visited.

Then, maybe about four years ago, Firefox gave me a reality check. They told me, "Hey, you need to explain these permissions and get actual consent from user, or we will pull the plug." I was spooked! I told them, "But I don't collect anything!" and Firefox basically replied, "Naj, you’re handling a ton of data. You just don't realize it."

So their solution is that instead of making developers write long essays, browsers now show those "scary" popups warning you that I have access to all data on all website etc. It sounds intense, but it’s all in the name of transparency. And on my side I’ve had to write a proper privacy policy to explain every bit of data I handled.

I’m not complaining, though. I’ve learned that privacy is a core value, and data is just as valuable as money, and losing it usually means losing freedom. I’m still a minimalist at heart: I don’t collect anything unless it’s 100% necessary. I don't even use web analytics like most other devs do. If I absolutely have to handle data for a feature to work, I make sure it’s declared in the app, documented in the policy file, and write about it on my site or in my blog post.

To address your concerns (which are totally legit):
1. The app is open-source.
2. The privacy policy is transparently hosted on GitHub and Firefox.
3. Most of the app works right out of the box, no login or registration required.
4. For free features, zero data is sent anywhere. Only some Pro features require a server to function, which is why those need a login to handle things like the specific word or sentence you’re translating.

Thanks for the feedback! It’s great to see people actually care about their privacy. It keeps me on my toes and makes me a better developer.

Edit 2: Hi, I listened to your advice, in the new v6.4.1 I added the option to show the selection bubble only when a modifier key (ie. Ctrl, Shift or Alt) is pressed. PS, go to settings you will find the option. And you can press the key either in selection or after.

If you like it, can I earn back the missing star? :D

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Edit 1: Thank you again for the feedback. I see, that's good to know. It's really interesting to see different people have different preference and habit. I will add that configuration you suggested.

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Thanks for the feedback. Sorry for the popup parade. I’ve been working like a machine these past few days to add features I was really really excited about, and I thought others would feel the same. Sorry you’ve had to turn them off one by one. If you can, give them a try and let me know what you like or hate about. If you prefer turning them off, please tell me why. I’ll owe you a big favor... And I promise I will take a break for the next few weeks, so no new features will be popping up.

It should work correctly. Could you try to remove some of the word history then save the settings again? It could be that the storage of the addon has been used up so that the settings are not persisted.

Hi, thank you for the feedback. But it actually supports to open from the context menu and left click on the icon button. Isn't it enough?

Ouch, you got it. Fixed on the newest version. Please have a try.