Browser Extension Ditches Popup for Chrome Side Panel, Eliminating 22-Site Remount Timer

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A developer rebuilt the user interface of a browser extension that manages AI chat memory, migrating it from a popup and injected in-page picker to Chrome's native side panel between July 29 and August 2, 2026. The old design injected a memory picker into 22 supported AI chat host pages and ran a 3-second remount timer on each, firing four times per minute on every AI site a user visited. The popup also closed the moment a user clicked back into the chat page, defeating its core purpose of keeping context visible while typing. The new side panel stays open during typing, hosts Memory, Activity, and Settings in one place, and removes all in-page timers, while a lightweight content script still handles text insertion and reply capture within host pages. The migration spanned 45 commits across 43 files and consolidates settings that were previously split between a popup and an options page few users discovered.

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