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Re:Chrome is developing a Sidebar API by Mahn on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @10:50AM (#9845783)
> It's funny to see they're going to release one now that nobody cares about it.

But that's because up until now we couldn't care about it anyway if Chrome didn't support it. Sidebars can easily make a comeback if the functionality proves to be useful, and I can picture many extension developers experimenting with it if it's made available.

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Re:Chrome is developing a Sidebar API by brlewis on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @10:54AM (#9845810)
From the API proposal doc:

Additionally, we’ve seen numerous extensions create sidebars by injecting HTML content into the current page. It is likely that the majority of sidebar extensions would use a native sidebar if available. Here’s a sample of some of our favorite sidebar extensions...

Some of these tools charge over $5,000/yr/seat and have hundreds of large corporations like Facebook, eBay, Salesforce, Pinterest, Twitter, and Netflix using their software, which demonstrates the immense value that can be provided by a sidebar.

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