<story><title>InboxSDK – Build apps inside Gmail</title><url>https://www.inboxsdk.com/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>walty8</author><text>I am the author of Simple Gmail Notes (a free extension for Chrome and FF). When I started to develop the extension years ago, I did some research of InboxSDK and Gmail.js. I am not sure if it&amp;#x27;s still true now, but at that time when I use the SDK I need to load a remote and minified JS file hosted at the Streak server, which seems not a good idea for security concerns. I don&amp;#x27;t think Streak will try to steal the data in purpose, but still... Also, I wonder if that might cause problems with extension verification nowadays. Both FF and Chrome has more strict safety policies now.&lt;p&gt;I then tried to use Gmail.js for a while, but it seems not that stable, the extension got a lot of complaints of not working from time to time (Gmail.js cannot load email data correctly, but not every time).&lt;p&gt;After a few months, I finally decided to parse the DOM data myself, it&amp;#x27;s actually not THAT difficult, if you are not trying to build an extremely powerful extension.Gmail.com did change the UI from time to time, but it&amp;#x27;s not that huge actually. For the latest big UI change on Gmail, I remember it took me about 1MD to finish all the required code changes.</text></comment>
<story><title>InboxSDK – Build apps inside Gmail</title><url>https://www.inboxsdk.com/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rubyn00bie</author><text>Yeah... this is gonna be a big &amp;quot;no&amp;quot; from me, dawg.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s probably a segment of small mid-sized businesses to prey upon making apps with this; but outside of that this has got to be the most terrifying platform to ever build upon.&lt;p&gt;1. It&amp;#x27;s based on a specific email provider.&lt;p&gt;2. That provider is google.&lt;p&gt;3. Google has zero incentive to give a shit about about anyone or anything using its platform.&lt;p&gt;4. Average SDK releases per week: 12 (screw the fact GMail hasn&amp;#x27;t been responsible for breaking changes)&lt;p&gt;Focusing on a tool that does this shit, on any platform, or one that integrates into any email provider... that&amp;#x27;d be neat. This I am afraid of...</text></comment>