@stevespang they don't force you to. There's a button labeled "get the plugin" that takes you to the chrome plug in store. Then below that there's a for labelled "Connect" which allows you to subscribe to their mailing list.
Nice, I created an account with my email, then it asks me to install a browser plugin, which I don't want to do at this time. It says it "works best when you add the extension to your browser" but gives me no option to skip. I don't feel comfortable installing a plugin without getting to know the service a bit better, so I guess I will pass for now.
Looks interesting. I signed up and received an email with the chrome store link, but the email didn't include an access code (it mentions it, "...and the access key below.", but the only thing below is the store link). Is this a bug or am I missing something?
EDIT: A second email showed up about 30min later that did contain the code.
I applied via noticing the message on the "new tab" page of Chrome dev version.
It didn't ask for anything but my name, address, and email.
edit: it specifically asks for gmail if you have an email, and I've submitted bug reports for at least two google products on google code. Maybe that factors in?
There doesn't seem to be a way to sign up for this directly. If one wants to support Mozilla through this, it looks like one has to be in the U.S. (or fake being in the U.S. with a free account of ProtonVPN) and hope to be picked up by random for this experiment.
Anyone from Mozilla or ProtonVPN reading this and can confirm that this understanding is correct?
Seems really dumb to not mention that a) you need to be signed up to the web player beta and b) although they mention Collections, the collections feature still isn't live, and in fact is just a poor choice of wording on the chromestore page.
You don't have to. They can push it to you with an update, and damn near everyone has it installed already. PR is hyperbole of course, but they do have a very large installed base, who are used to it being on their machines even if they're not sure what it does.
The trick will be to invite users in such a way that it doesn't look like a browser popup.
I love this and want to try it, but I find it strange that they emailed me to tell me about it being available, when I can't actually use it without an invite code.
Definitely sounds cool in theory but where's the call to action? There's only a form to sign up for an email update on the home page. Where is the source code? How can I try this now?
Once you sign in/up, you’ll also need to join a waitlist or input your invite, as it’s invite-only. Quite disappointing, especially when this content should already be accessible through Mastodon.
Am I supposed to join a waitlist for this specific instance? Feels like too much of a hassle for almost no reward.
I don't think their product is ready at all. I came back using Chrome and failed again (Method not allowed with an UGLY error). I had to punt to Safari before I could get it to take my email address.
There's a nice big "Download Now" button that leads to a "Sign Up for an Invite" page that says "as soon as we can". That button causes the expectation that I would download something immediately so it's disappointing and discourteous when that's not the case.
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