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New in Chrome 61

26 points by cryo 9y ago

cm2187 9y ago
Am I the only one who interprets the share api as an attempt from google to blind Facebook, LinkedIn & co in the users tracking race? Not that I am complaining...
- payne92 9y ago
  I'm not sure it's "blinding" them (after all, the links are shared TO those platforms), but standardizing the sharing mechanism would give Google the future option to track shares (if they aren't already doing it). Knowing what's being shared where, in near realtime, is HUGELY valuable information.
  - cm2187 9y ago
    Sharing is one thing but these third party sharing buttons all over the place where really tracking beacons for your browsing, even if you don't share anything.
    - infogulch 9y ago
      Yeah to be fair I'll use this feature before I unblock the share buttons in my ad blocker.
- pornel 9y ago
  This is one of the most requested features for webapps (especially PWA) needed for parity with native apps. It's great for both users and authors. As a user you get 1-tap sharing with the sites/apps you actually use, rather than a few popular ones. Sites won't ask you to authorize posting for them. From author perspective you get proper sharing button without embedding bloated scripts from several vendors, implementing custom sharing flows and/or redirecting users away from your app.
- dbbk 9y ago
  That's certainly a side effect, although in Facebook's case they do still have other vectors to track user activity such as ad campaign pixels and the Audience Network.
- xfalcox 9y ago
  I believe this feature is much more than that, like if I find a cool article in a page, I can click the native share and Android will put all my group chat rooms first, like slack and telegram groups.
- tinus_hn 9y ago
  Yes, this replaces their JavaScript while Google remains due to the ads.
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0x0 9y ago
WebUSB? USB access from JavaScript? What could possibly go wrong. https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.no/2016/02/racing-midi-messages-in-chrome.html https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.no/2016/02/racing-midi-me...
- pc2g4d 9y ago
  Seems to be following in the footsteps of Firefox OS. They had APIs for everything.
  - digi_owl 9y ago
    Well there it kinda made sense, as the apps were all web based.
chenzhekl 9y ago
Feels like that Chrome is becoming a full-featured operating system. Not sure if it's good or not.
- digi_owl 9y ago
  It already it, in the form of ChromeOS. This just seem to bring more of it to other OSs.
tinus_hn 9y ago
Why does this link have the tracking parameters attached?
- borplk 9y ago
  Probably the poster copy pasted the link from their RSS feed reader.

26 points by cryo 9y ago

Am I the only one who interprets the share api as an attempt from google to blind Facebook, LinkedIn & co in the users tracking race? Not that I am complaining...

payne92 9y ago
I'm not sure it's "blinding" them (after all, the links are shared TO those platforms), but standardizing the sharing mechanism would give Google the future option to track shares (if they aren't already doing it). Knowing what's being shared where, in near realtime, is HUGELY valuable information.
- cm2187 9y ago
  Sharing is one thing but these third party sharing buttons all over the place where really tracking beacons for your browsing, even if you don't share anything.
  - infogulch 9y ago
    Yeah to be fair I'll use this feature before I unblock the share buttons in my ad blocker.
pornel 9y ago
This is one of the most requested features for webapps (especially PWA) needed for parity with native apps. It's great for both users and authors. As a user you get 1-tap sharing with the sites/apps you actually use, rather than a few popular ones. Sites won't ask you to authorize posting for them. From author perspective you get proper sharing button without embedding bloated scripts from several vendors, implementing custom sharing flows and/or redirecting users away from your app.
dbbk 9y ago
That's certainly a side effect, although in Facebook's case they do still have other vectors to track user activity such as ad campaign pixels and the Audience Network.
xfalcox 9y ago
I believe this feature is much more than that, like if I find a cool article in a page, I can click the native share and Android will put all my group chat rooms first, like slack and telegram groups.
tinus_hn 9y ago
Yes, this replaces their JavaScript while Google remains due to the ads.

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0x0 9y ago

WebUSB? USB access from JavaScript? What could possibly go wrong. https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.no/2016/02/racing-midi-messages-in-chrome.html https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.no/2016/02/racing-midi-me...

pc2g4d 9y ago
Seems to be following in the footsteps of Firefox OS. They had APIs for everything.
- digi_owl 9y ago
  Well there it kinda made sense, as the apps were all web based.

chenzhekl 9y ago

Feels like that Chrome is becoming a full-featured operating system. Not sure if it's good or not.

digi_owl 9y ago
It already it, in the form of ChromeOS. This just seem to bring more of it to other OSs.

tinus_hn 9y ago

Why does this link have the tracking parameters attached?

borplk 9y ago
Probably the poster copy pasted the link from their RSS feed reader.