Follow these simple steps to install LinkScout extension in your browser. The process takes less than 2 minutes!
{[
{
title: "Download the Extension",
description: "Click the 'Download Extension' button above to download the ZIP file to your computer",
tip: "💡 Save it somewhere you can easily find it, like your Downloads folder"
},
{
title: "Extract the ZIP File",
description: "Right-click the downloaded ZIP file and select 'Extract All' or 'Extract Here'",
tip: "📁 This will create a folder named 'extension' containing all the extension files"
},
{
title: "Open Browser Extensions Page",
description: "Open your browser and navigate to:",
code: "chrome://extensions (Chrome) or edge://extensions (Edge)",
tip: "⌨️ You can copy and paste this directly into your browser's address bar"
},
{
title: "Enable Developer Mode",
description: "Find the 'Developer mode' toggle switch in the top right corner and turn it ON",
tip: "🔧 This allows you to load extensions that aren't from the Chrome Web Store"
},
{
title: "Load the Extension",
description: "Click the 'Load unpacked' button and select the folder you extracted in Step 2",
tip: "📂 Make sure to select the 'extension' folder, not the ZIP file"
},
{
title: "Pin to Toolbar (Optional)",
description: "Click the puzzle piece icon in your browser toolbar and pin LinkScout for easy access",
tip: "📌 This makes the extension icon always visible in your toolbar"
},
{
title: "Start Using LinkScout!",
description: "Click the LinkScout icon in your toolbar to start analyzing articles and detecting misinformation",
tip: "🎉 You're all set! Visit any news article and click the extension to analyze it"
}
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