Pretty Params
A browser extension to manage URL parameters
Get for FirefoxCheck out the demo bellow, you’ll just need to first install the extension and then click the “Star Demo” button bellow and then open the extension.
During development the process I end up with a very long URL, that is very hard to manage in the browser view, take a look at the next example:
https://development.qa.tona.dev/friendly/uuid=d3b4f5c6-7e8f-9a0b-b1c2-d3e4f5g6h7i8?elementId=190&selection=full&gibberish=true&...
The URL gets trimmed and it’s hard to navigate it with the keyboard arrows, I found it way easier to copy them and then manage it in the browser console, but it was so manual that I figured I could do something about it. Since it’s been a while since I wanted to make a browser extension, then I started working on Pretty Params.
Development Overview
I started working in the project in March 2025, it was a good opportunity to keep learning shadcn/ui and understand better the browser extension API, it was also a good opportunity to use GitHub Copilot to generate placeholder code and ask questions about the browser extension API extension API.