removed universal reading

What would be the point of reading universal files when the files themselves are already fundamentally broken when not opened as a Chrome extension?

gui/scripts/alerts.js

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export function confirm_action() {
         let reader = await import(chrome.runtime.getURL("gui/scripts/read.JS"));
 
         // Get the user response. 
-        user_response = confirm(reader.read("localized", `GUI_alert_confirm_action_text`));
+        user_response = confirm(reader.read(`GUI_alert_confirm_action_text`));
 
     })();
     // Return the user response. 

gui/scripts/read.JS

@@ -4,35 +4,9 @@
 let messages = {};
 let message = "";
 
-function load() {
-      fetch("./strings/universal.json")
-        .then((response) => response.json())
-        .then((jsonData) => {
-          messages.universal = jsonData;
-        })
-        .catch((error) => {
-            console.error(error);
-        });
-}
-
 
 
 export default class texts {
-  static universal (message_name) {
-    /* Read a universal message name. */
-
-    // Load the strings here to avoid loading inside another web page, where it is not permitted.
-    load();
-
-    let message_name_valid = messages.universal.hasOwnProperty(message_name);
-
-    if (message_name_valid) {
-      message = messages.universal[message_name].join("\n");
-    } else {message = "";}
-
-    return (message);
-  }
-
   static localized (message_name, params = []) {
     if (params) {
       message = chrome.i18n.getMessage(message_name, params);
@@ -50,20 +24,12 @@ export default class texts {
 @param {string} message the message name
 @return {string} the message
 */
-export function read(source, message_name, params) {
+export function read(message_name, params) {
 
   let message;
 
-  // Determine if a fallback is requested
+    message = texts.localized(message_name, params);
-  switch (source) {
+    break;
-    case "universal":
-    case "fallback":
-      message = texts.universal(message_name);
-      break;
-    default:
-      message = texts.localized(message_name, params);
-      break;
-  };
 
   return (message);
 

gui/strings/universal.json

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "invalid_open": ["This page can not be opened.", "此网页无法打开。"]
-}