Re:Show HN: Craigslist Notifications (Chrome Extension)
by johnvey on Friday March 09, 2012 @07:00PM
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Is craigslist officially okay with this kind of app? Prior attempts to automate, with varying degrees of aggregation/automation, have been shut down (see: http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/magazine/17-09/ff_...). The "SMS coming soon for $3.99" seems like it would not fly.
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Re:Show HN: Craigslist Notifications (Chrome Extension)
by jzawodn on Friday March 09, 2012 @07:09PM
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I am not a lawyer but I know where the TOS lives: http://www.craigslist.org/about/terms.of.use
Re:Show HN: Craigslist Notifications (Chrome Extension)
by alexu on Friday March 09, 2012 @07:19PM
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From what I understand, Craigslist is cool with client-side automation (look at numerous Android and iPhone apps that query Craigslist).
Re:Show HN: Craigslist Notifications (Chrome Extension)
by hansef on Friday March 09, 2012 @07:30PM
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I'm also working on a Chrome and Firefox extension which uses Craigslist as a data source, and this is my understanding as well
I think that rich client-side js apps packaged as browser extensions offer some interesting opportunities in general - being able to behave more like a normal client, instead of a giant aggregation host, allowing you to avoid angering services like Craigslist, being able to ask the user for permissions for increased localstorage limits (the default in most browsers is a measly 5mb) and the ability to do cross-domain ajax requests, etc.