Short answers to the questions people ask most. If yours isn't here, write to hello@muscat.ink; a person reads every message.
Getting started
- Install Muscat from the Chrome Web Store and pin it to the toolbar.
- Open the Muscat popup and create an account with your email and a password.
- Confirm your email. Open the link in the browser where Muscat is installed: it opens a page inside the extension and signs you in.
Saving a word
Select a word or a short phrase on any page and press Save (or S). Muscat keeps it with the sentence it came from, and the page it was on. Saving the same word again adds the new sentence to it.
Muscat only saves words inside a sentence, so a lone heading or a button label can't be saved. It ignores text fields and other editable areas. If you're offline, the word waits in the extension and syncs once you're back online.
Translations
In Muscat 0.2.0 and later:
- Press Translate (or T) next to a selection to see what the word means in that sentence, then Save (or Enter) to keep it.
- Saved words show their translation under the word in the popup.
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Choose your native language with the language code (for example
TR) at the top of the popup. It starts as your browser's language. - Translations come from DeepL. Each account can make 200 new translations a day; translations of words you've already saved don't count.
Email links don't open
Confirmation and password reset links open a page inside the extension, so they only
work in the browser where Muscat is installed. In another browser or on your phone
you'll see an error such as ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT. Copy the link into the
right browser, or request a new one there.
Forgot your password? Choose Forgot? on the sign-in screen in the popup and we'll email you a reset link. If an email doesn't arrive within a few minutes, check your spam folder.
Deleting your account
In Muscat 0.2.0 and later, open the account menu in the popup and choose Delete account. Your account and everything you saved are deleted right away. You can also email hello@muscat.ink from the address you signed up with. See the privacy policy for what we store and why.
Which browsers work?
Chrome on a computer (Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS). Mobile browsers don't run extensions.
Reporting a problem
Email hello@muscat.ink with
what you did, what happened, the page's address and your Chrome version
(chrome://version). A screenshot helps.