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- It's like tiktok but for websites? looks fun if its well curated but most of the web is not worth visiting, please make a web version!by Glitcher255
- Make a web version and I am sold.by llagerlof
- It feels like a "TikTok-ified" version of a directory site. Since it’s a novel concept, I think it could attract a significant number of users—provided it’s fun and goes viral.by goatydev
- Update (3 Sept): a few people in this thread said the biggest barrier was having to install a mobile app / asked for a desktop version, so I prioritised that.
The Chrome extension is now live: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/pdkkoohhhodjoidmefi...
I went with an extension rather than trying to recreate the full experience in a conventional web app because a lot of Serendipity's desktop behaviour benefits from being persistent while you're actually browsing the destination sites - Surf, feedback, saves, Similar, etc. - rather than making you bounce back to a central webpage or putting sites inside an iframe.
I'm also working on a very lightweight zero-install web trial so people can experience a few Surfs before installing anything.
Thanks particularly to the people here who pushed on the installation friction. Would be interested to know how the extension feels compared with what you had in mind.
by RaCaS123