Safari support

[tjmehta]

I love this plugin. I would love to see safari support. Thanks!

[tjmehta]

Octotree, another browser plugin I love has recently started supporting multiple browsers. It looks like a good example of how to support multiple browser plugin formats ( Firefox too #24). Check out the source here: https://github.com/buunguyen/octotree

[stefanbuck]

The problem is not to build these extensions, but keep them up to date with the registries. Accutlay once per week I run a script which generates the cache list for the npm, bower and comperser registry.

I'm planning to move the core from a cache list to a live resolver solution, but I need time to develop it. Soon as this is done I can start thinking about a safari and firefox version 😉

[tjmehta]

Ah, I was wondering how you were doing the linking. Is it not possible to do everything clientside (maybe parse npmjs or bower websites for the github links - or maybe reverse engineer their apis)?

[stefanbuck]

Yeah, that's the plan. I will start working on it soon 😉

[JaKXz]

Any updates on the safari extension? The developer preview for Safari 10 is actually pretty good, IMO 😄

[stefanbuck]

Nope, unfortanly not. Do you know if Safari 10 supports the WebExtension API?

[josephfrazier]

I looked into this for a little bit, and found that while Safari doesn't support the WebExtension API, it might not be very difficult to shim it out, using something like https://github.com/kritollm/chrome-extension-api-for-safari-and-firefox

Another potential option could be to build a userscript version of the extension, so Safari users could install it using Tampermonkey, etc

[nikitavoloboev]

I too would love for Safari to be supported

[sindresorhus]

Safari will soon support the WebExtensions API:

• https://hacks.mozilla.org/2020/06/welcoming-safari-to-the-webextensions-community/
• https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/safari_web_extensions/converting_a_web_extension_for_safari

[stefanbuck]

Thanks for the update. Do you know if a developer account is required to submit web extensions? The developer program is super pricey to distribute a single free item.

[nesl247]

Yes, it is still required. Though if you already have one for any purpose, you could use that.

I'd be willing to chip in to help pay for it.

[fregante]

Follow refined-github/refined-github#14 and refined-github/refined-github#3677 for more details.

Supporting Safari is not particularly difficult, but we still need help with auto-deployment to the App Store.

[fregante]

I can publish OctoLinker under my (SindreSorhus-sponsored) account if you want. I'm already publishing npmhub.

We still don't have auto publishing set up but even having an occasionally-updated version on the App Store would be pretty helpful for most.

[stefanbuck]

Sure, I'm in. Thanks for making this possible.