++ a chrome extension for Google+

#1

Post by msimr » Wed, Jul 06, 2011, 5:51 PM UTC

This extension extracts the Google+ profiles of the people whose names appear on the page you visit.

++ a chrome extension for Google+
chrome.google.com

Re: ++ a chrome extension for Google+

#2

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jul 06, 2011, 6:22 PM UTC

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Re: ++ a chrome extension for Google+

#3

Post by walrus » Wed, Jul 06, 2011, 6:23 PM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #2

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Because "This extension extracts the Google+ profiles of the people whose names appear on the page you visit."

Re: ++ a chrome extension for Google+

#4

Post by heyrhett » Wed, Jul 06, 2011, 6:25 PM UTC

I wonder if Google is going to let an independent author keep the ++ name. That's some serious vanity name real estate.

Re: ++ a chrome extension for Google+

#5

Post by pavel_lishin » Wed, Jul 06, 2011, 6:31 PM UTC

heyrhett wrote: post #4

I wonder if Google is going to let an independent author keep the ++ name. That's some serious vanity name real estate.

Huh? You mean the name of the Chrome extension? I think it would be kind of hard to argue that he's not allowed to use "++" as a name.

(At first I thought you meant http://google.com/profiles/++ linked to his profile; taking that away would be pretty ridiculous as well.)

Re: ++ a chrome extension for Google+

#6

Post by jmjerlecki » Wed, Jul 06, 2011, 6:32 PM UTC

It found 9 people on this thread

http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=2734923

Worked great for me. Nice work man.

Re: ++ a chrome extension for Google+

#7

Post by markokocic » Wed, Jul 06, 2011, 7:32 PM UTC

walrus wrote: post #3

[deleted] wrote: post #2

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Because "This extension extracts the Google+ profiles of the people whose names appear on the page you visit."

Rapportive already does that (and more) from Gmail

Re: ++ a chrome extension for Google+

#8

Post by jechen » Wed, Jul 06, 2011, 7:45 PM UTC

Definitely gonna try this as I browse the web. Should turn up interesting results/people. Nice work!

Re: ++ a chrome extension for Google+

#9

Post by msimr » Wed, Jul 06, 2011, 8:59 PM UTC

markokocic wrote: post #7

walrus wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because "This extension extracts the Google+ profiles of the people whose names appear on the page you visit."

Rapportive already does that (and more) from Gmail

Yep but I wanted something that would quickly give me links to people in the articles I read. My approach is a bit trickier since I also get user names inside the content of the article.

Re: ++ a chrome extension for Google+

#10

Post by walrus » Wed, Jul 06, 2011, 10:03 PM UTC

markokocic wrote: post #7

walrus wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because "This extension extracts the Google+ profiles of the people whose names appear on the page you visit."

Rapportive already does that (and more) from Gmail

I think you may have taken my comment out of context. The [deleted] post I replied to was asking why the extension was asking for so many permissions.