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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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