Kronaxis Toolbar

This extension shows you the Authority, Topicality (TTF) and DYNAMICS-WEB character (rigour, depth, originality, candour, affect, commercial drive, stance, register) of the domains and pages you visit โ€” and contributes anonymised signals to ongoing research into the character of the web.

Exactly what we collect, and why

Plain English, nothing hidden. Everything below is on by default; you can switch any of it off here at any time. Switching something off disables the feature it powers, because the analysis cannot run without the data.

Toolbar scores
When you open a page, we send the domain you are on to look up its scores. Needed to show the toolbar.
Per page character analysis (visit stream)
We send the full URL of pages you visit so we can analyse and score each page's character over time. The full URL is required โ€” page level character cannot be computed from the domain alone. Off = no per page analysis.

Computed on your machine

The page character is scored on your own device by a small model bundled inside this extension. The page text does not leave your computer to be scored. When you allow the visit stream, only the finished 8 number character (not your page content) is contributed back, so the next person who visits that page gets an instant result. That is the flywheel, and it is also why this is genuinely privacy first.

Free and Premium

Everything above is free: authority, topicality, character, and a reader fit check (does this page suit a given audience) with the direction to improve it. Premium adds the cure: the specific changes and a ready rewrite of the page for that reader.

On install we issue your toolbar a private key. It signs your results and lets us rate limit fairly and, if a key is ever abused, switch it off. Premium suggestions and rewrites are watermarked to your account. We monitor for automated sampling and will throttle it.

Language

The toolbar is designed and validated for UK English only. It may be useful for other English speaking regions, but it is built for UK English. Other languages will come in time, and we build by demand, so tell us which language or region you want next from the toolbar menu.

How we handle it