!rant
Wrote a Franz integration for devRant!

HOW? WHEN? WHERE?

@Atlas I've been experimenting: https://section214.com/product/...

@ghost1227 than you very much! btw: the path on windows is actually "%appdata%/Franz/Roaming/Plugins" (at least this is the one franz opens when clicking the "open plugin folder" in settings)

@ghost1227 It just works! Awesome!

@Atlas Wait for it... I just pushed an update to add an inline back button on individual comment feeds

@Atlas Thanks for the tip! Updating paths now! Also.. anything else I can add for you? Feature wise or new integrations?

Guess I should email @dfox and have it added to the community projects page, huh

@ghost1227 absolutely!

Email sent!

@ghost1227 👏👊

@Atlas Seriously though, Franz plugins have become a sort of hobby. Let me know if there's anything missing that you want, or if any existing plugins suck and should be rewritten. EG: My trello integration actually has notifications, the one in the main plugins repo doesn't!

Fixed app link handling and added a permalink button to individual rants!

Oh, and added a help link to the devRant menu

New goal: Make this the most robust third-party Franz integration out there!

Exciting! *wiggle wiggle*

I really don't know I it is even possible but I'm working on a small mockup to show you, what I would add/change. Give me some time :)

So cool! Thanks! I use Franz and it's awesome, and now with devRant it's awesome++!

@Atlas DEFINITELY looking forward to it!

@hodor Glad you like it! Let me know if there's anything else you'd like to see integrated/improved!

@ghost1227 Didn't install it yet since I'm not home, but I will asap! :)

@ghost1227 Uh oh - don't expect too much! I have no knowledge of how that whole electron-stuff works and if the stuff I'm creating in my little highly confused brain will work out for you!

BTW: Why did you choose franz? I'm just curious... I started to use franz switched to rambox and then switched back because I feel it's more stable.

@Atlas Simple... didn't know about Rambox! Might have to release integrations for both though...

Just looked at Rambox... definitely prefer Franz in terms of how integrations work, even if Franz isn't open source.

I've actually put serious thought into developing a third-party plugin repository for Franz. Just not jumping at doing it solo quite yet.

@ghost1227 if so, you should absolutely call it "Sissi", the significant other of Franz.

@Atlas Clever! Like I said... not in a rush to do it at the moment. Big project for a solo pet project.

sounds cool ty... will try it asap! I'm using Franz for a while now

@thoxx Let me know what you think/what I can improve (or what new integrations you'd like to see)!

@Atlas I just released another minor update that adds a super-primitive update notification to the integration... at least until I get around to building a proper integration service! Also... fucking TON of updates today!

@ghost1227 so. finally my very little development of the layout as visual concept. As I said: I have no idea if such thing is even realizable or if that would be first @dfox job =) Also, dfox and @trogus if you're reading this: I just got a little spare time and wanted to see if I could improve the layout for me - I bet you put a lot of thought into this, and this should never be unterstood as vicious criticism! I love this place and truthfully thank you both for your investment!

http://i.imgur.com/Esbnb24.png
http://i.imgur.com/vbiCUZZ.png

My thoughts:
1. I use mostly the webapp, as I'm working on a desktop/laptop and rather like to type on a physical keyboard than on phone. From my 16 daily possible hours of using devRant, in almost 12 of them I would access devRant via webapp.
2. I'm frustrated why I always have to go back and forth between comment-sections and the main feed although there is enough space for that on the left side: After seeing the illustration and the download-buttons once on startup, there is no need to leave this space unused. I just need to close the comment section and will always get back to startup-state immediately.
3. Although the comment-section is only one level deep, there is some space "lost" due to the grey bars on the left of every comment.

With the new layout I could just navigate/scroll each parts seperately and quickly move to the next post in the main feed and read its comments - It's all about efficiency! ⏱

@Atlas Definitely see what you're going for... in an API-driven app, i'd say it's definitely doable. Since this isn't API-driven, it's be a HUGE load on the script to load that many actual pages in the backend and inject the relevant data. That said...

I can only hope @dfox and @trogus are following along! :P

Just did a MAJOR, super-cool update!

Plugin has been refactored and majorly optimized, and the update system has been drastically improved!

More specifically, the bulk of the code no longer runs within the Franz loop, which prevents constantly re-running the code.

@atlas I think you're becoming my biggest fan! Thanks!

I THINK I'm done with my update spree... I can't think of anything else to add at the moment. Just tweaked the update system to cache latest version to prevent over-calling, added a notification icon for updates, and fixed about dialog view when called from the notification page.

here you go... TAKE THE ++ !!!

Not an update per se @atlas but http://extendfranz.com ;)

@Atlas The devRant plugin and all my other Franz integrations are now hosted on http://extendfranz.com. Updater won't catch the first update though.

@Atlas Anything else you'd like to see integrated (or integrated better)?

I just released a functional port of the Franz integration as a Firefox plugin, Chrome coming soon!

@ghost1227 hey there, do you think it would be possible to get the "clear" button for notifs that is provided in the mobile-app to the Franz plugin?

@Atlas Definitely!

@Atlas Update is now available! Remember that if you're on anything before 1.3.3, you'll have to update manually due to the migration to the ExtendFranz repo!

Or, rather, you'll have to manually download from the correct repo... I haven't gotten auto-updating working yet!

@ghost1227 whoops! That was quick! ++++++!

@Atlas I aim to please!

@Atlas I'm about to push an update that adds an option to hide non-rants. Anything else I can add real quick?

Nice! Got nothing additional so far