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Re:Show HN: Open-Sourcing InboxSDK (YC S11) – Build Apps in ... by bilalq on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @01:42PM (#33166339)

This is interesting.

We're shifting away from browser extensions to TamperMonkey scripts because of the futility of trying to get everyone in the company to use the same browser. Would your SDK be usable with TamperMonkey?

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Re:Show HN: Open-Sourcing InboxSDK (YC S11) – Build Apps in ... by frew on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @01:44PM (#33166376)

I don't believe so, but we target everything in the Webkit ecosystem (Chrome, Edge, Safari), so Firefox would be the only odd browser out.

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Re:Show HN: Open-Sourcing InboxSDK (YC S11) – Build Apps in ... by michaelmior on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @01:48PM (#33166438)

Any chance Firefox support is on the roadmap?

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Re:Show HN: Open-Sourcing InboxSDK (YC S11) – Build Apps in ... by alooPotato on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @01:58PM (#33166601)

We don't officially support it but some folks have had success.

From a user perspective, we used to get asked all the time to support Firefox for Streak. Those requests have mostly disappeared more recently - seems like our user base is predominantly Chrome and Edge.

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Re:Show HN: Open-Sourcing InboxSDK (YC S11) – Build Apps in ... by kiliancs on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @02:30PM (#33167143)

Understandable, but really a deal-breaker for many.

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Re:Show HN: Open-Sourcing InboxSDK (YC S11) – Build Apps in ... by bilalq on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @07:48PM (#33170779)

I suspect there's a shift coming once Chrome forces manifest v3. TamperMonkey also gives you a unified API to build your unified API on top of.

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Re:Show HN: Open-Sourcing InboxSDK (YC S11) – Build Apps in ... by alooPotato on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @08:02PM (#33170907)

Most of our users of Streak don't know and def don't care what Manifest V3 is.

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Re:Show HN: Open-Sourcing InboxSDK (YC S11) – Build Apps in ... by michaelmior on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @11:17AM (#33178232)

> Those requests have mostly disappeared more recently

Could it be because Firefox users have given up? I wonder what percentage of your user base would be Firefox users if it were supported. Of course I don't have an answer to that, but I don't think lack of requests necessarily translates to lack of interest.

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Re:Show HN: Open-Sourcing InboxSDK (YC S11) – Build Apps in ... by alooPotato on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @11:33AM (#33178493)

Maybe. But as someone who prioritizes what we build, no one asking for it is a pretty strong signal not to build it.

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Re:Show HN: Open-Sourcing InboxSDK (YC S11) – Build Apps in ... by cxr on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @06:59AM (#33175197)

Chrome left the WebKit ecosystem about a decade ago.

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