preparing to make Manifest v2 versions as alternatives because of how fucked the rollout of v3 is

Manifest v3 version/background.js

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+// Cross-platform namespace support
+window.browser = (function () {
+  return window.browser ||
+    window.msBrowser ||
+    window.chrome;
+})();
+
+var shuffle = function (array) {
+	var currentIndex = array.length;
+	var temporaryValue, randomIndex;
+
+	// While there remain elements to shuffle...
+	while (0 !== currentIndex) {
+
+		// Pick a remaining element...
+		randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * currentIndex);
+		currentIndex -= 1;
+
+		// And swap it with the current element.
+		temporaryValue = array[currentIndex];
+		array[currentIndex] = array[randomIndex];
+		array[randomIndex] = temporaryValue;
+	}
+
+	return array;
+};
+
+browser.action.onClicked.addListener(function() {
+  browser.tabs.query({}, function(tabs) {
+    let count = Math.floor(tabs.length / 2) + 1   // I don't remember why we need an extra +1 here, but it is necessary
+    var ok = confirm("Are you sure you want to close " + count + " tabs?")
+    if (ok) {
+      shuffle(tabs)
+      tabs = tabs.slice(1, count)
+      let tab_identifiers = [];
+      for (tab in tabs) {
+        tab_identifiers.push(tabs[tab].id)
+      }
+      browser.tabs.remove(ids)
+    }
+  })
+})
+
+function updateCount() {
+  browser.tabs.query({}, function(tabs) {
+    let count = Math.floor(tabs.length / 2)
+    browser.action.setBadgeText({ text: "" + count })
+  })
+}
+
+browser.tabs.onCreated.addListener(updateCount)
+browser.tabs.onRemoved.addListener(updateCount)
+browser.windows.onCreated.addListener(updateCount)
+browser.windows.onRemoved.addListener(updateCount)
+
+updateCount()

Manifest v3 version/manifest.json

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+{
+  "manifest_version": 3,
+  "name": "The Snap",
+  "description": "Too many tabs open? Halve your workload.",
+  "version": "1.1.3",
+  "icons": {
+    "16": "images/gauntlet16.png",
+    "48": "images/gauntlet48.png",
+    "128": "images/gauntlet128.png"
+  },
+  "author": "rose@tangentfox.com",
+  "homepage_url": "https://blog.tangentfox.com/the-snap-browser-extension/",
+  "developer": {
+    "name": "Rose (Tangent) Liverman",
+    "url": "https://blog.tangentfox.com/the-snap-browser-extension/"
+  },
+  "action": {},
+  "permissions": [
+    "tabs"
+  ],
+  "background": {
+    "service_worker": "background.js",
+    "scripts": [ "background.js" ],
+    "persistent": false
+  },
+  "browser_specific_settings": {
+    "gecko": {
+      "id": "{7b9819b6-6bd3-4cb8-a5b3-9ae6eb2e75ea}"
+    },
+    "gecko_android": {
+      "id": "{7b9819b6-6bd3-4cb8-a5b3-9ae6eb2e75e0}"
+    }
+  }
+}