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MailerJS: Send email with client-side JavaScript

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Re: MailerJS: Send email with client-side JavaScript

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Post by bcrescimanno »

Flagging for an incredibly misleading topic / tagline. This isn't actually "sending email with client-side javascript;" it's simply a script that allows you to send a message to a service that will generate an email for you. Seriously, it's basically a scripted email form--how this at all interesting?

Re: MailerJS: Send email with client-side JavaScript

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Post by zackattack »

untog wrote: post #14
zackattack wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree, it's overpriced. I would rather just put a snippet in that tracked javascript errors somehow, and also grabbed all of the user's browser information etc. And bonus points if it takes a screenshot (doable with HTML5) and copies over everything from console.log. Would really help with debugging. P.S. They should have put the pricing information on the home page. Didn't realize they were a YC company either.

I would rather just put a snippet in that tracked javascript errors somehow, and also grabbed all of the user's browser information etc. That's a worse user experience, though. And you have no opportunity to ask follow-up questions, or even say "hey, it's fixed!". That kind of customer service goes a long way.

That's a worse user experience, though.

How? Worse than what?

Re: MailerJS: Send email with client-side JavaScript

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Post by riffraff »

thomasjoulin wrote: post #24

This is terrible. Overpriced web service that sends emails to a single address, 20-lines script calling the API using jQuery $.ajax (why the dependency ?!) and sends the request with GET instead of PUT or POST...

Isn't GET in place to allow cross site ajax?

Re: MailerJS: Send email with client-side JavaScript

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Post by riffraff »

zackattack wrote: post #10
drivebyacct2 wrote: post #2

Why email? It seems like an inefficient method to deal with bug reports. Not to mention it seems like this would be really open to abuse.

I agree, it's overpriced. I would rather just put a snippet in that tracked javascript errors somehow, and also grabbed all of the user's browser information etc. And bonus points if it takes a screenshot (doable with HTML5) and copies over everything from console.log. Would really help with debugging. P.S. They should have put the pricing information on the home page. Didn't realize they were a YC company either.

is taking a screenshot really doable with html5? last time I took a look at this it didn't seem possible.

Re: MailerJS: Send email with client-side JavaScript

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Post by zackattack »

riffraff wrote: post #26
zackattack wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree, it's overpriced. I would rather just put a snippet in that tracked javascript errors somehow, and also grabbed all of the user's browser information etc. And bonus points if it takes a screenshot (doable with HTML5) and copies over everything from console.log. Would really help with debugging. P.S. They should have put the pricing information on the home page. Didn't realize they were a YC company either.

is taking a screenshot really doable with html5? last time I took a look at this it didn't seem possible.

not exactly, but there are approximations like http://html2canvas.hertzen.com/

Re: MailerJS: Send email with client-side JavaScript

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Post by JRambo »

thomasjoulin wrote: post #24

This is terrible. Overpriced web service that sends emails to a single address, 20-lines script calling the API using jQuery $.ajax (why the dependency ?!) and sends the request with GET instead of PUT or POST...

Indeed. Why would you pay for, and be dependent on, a service like this when you could quite easily make something like this? Running on your own server where you have full control.
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