Preferences
The preferences options enable you to fine-tune your user experiences of daily.dev by toggling some options on/off. Currently, the available options are:
- Open links in new tab
- Show custom shortcuts
- Show feed sorting menu
- Show Weekly Goal widget
- Enable companion widget
Open link in new tab
By default, when you click on a post link on your feed (using the Read post
button on the post), daily.dev will open that post in a new tab. However, if you want daily.dev to open that post in the current tab, then set the Open links in new tab
toggle switch to off
.
Show feed sorting menu
Turning this toggle switch on will add a dropdown menu to My feed and Popular feed, enabling you to sort these feeds By date
or by Recommended
as seen in the image below:
Show custom shortcuts
By enabling this option, you will have access to custom shortcuts at the top right of your feed
Enable companion
Turning this toggle switch on
will activate the companion widget, and turning this toggle switch off
will deactivate the companion widget.
The companion widget is a game changer as it enhances your user experiences by letting you bookmark, comment, and upvote directly on the original post. And to activate this widget, click on the companion button on the top right corner of the daily.dev menu bar as seen below:
Then click on the Activate companion
button in the description box as seen below:
After this, it will ask you to grant it extra permission so that the companion widget can be displayed directly on the original post.