Behind the Scenes of Padlet Mini by Engineering https://padlet.com/engineering10/padlet_mini Some time in July 2014, the team at Padlet decided on a hackathon to build tools that would help our users. And that was how Padlet Mini, our browser extension, was born. en-us 2014-08-18 09:09:02 UTC 2025-10-03 11:08:05 UTC hello@padlet.com We started with a minimal feature set engineering10 https://padlet.com/engineering10/padlet_mini/wish/31665454 Just post a link to either an existing padlet or a new one.

]]> 2014-08-18 09:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/engineering10/padlet_mini/wish/31665454 Write once, deploy many engineering10 https://padlet.com/engineering10/padlet_mini/wish/31665487 Frameworks exist that allow you to deploy browser extensions for multiple browsers off a single codebase.

We set our hearts on trigger.io's OpenForge project to allow us to write for multiple browsers using a single code base.

]]> 2014-08-18 09:16:21 UTC https://padlet.com/engineering10/padlet_mini/wish/31665487 Write once, deploy many (NOT) engineering10 https://padlet.com/engineering10/padlet_mini/wish/31705879 Ease of deployment across platforms depends on the complexity / feature set of the extension. A button in the browser is super-easy to provide. Other stuff, not that much.

E.g. OpenForge does not provide browser storage API.

]]> 2014-08-18 19:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/engineering10/padlet_mini/wish/31705879 Switched Framework engineering10 https://padlet.com/engineering10/padlet_mini/wish/31706253 OpenForge isn't very updated.

We switched to Kango. More updated API with better functionality.

]]> 2014-08-18 19:15:59 UTC https://padlet.com/engineering10/padlet_mini/wish/31706253 Review Process engineering10 https://padlet.com/engineering10/padlet_mini/wish/31706338 Just like Apple requires a review in order for an app to be listed in its iTunes App Store, extensions for Safari need to be reviewed as well.

]]> 2014-08-18 19:17:37 UTC https://padlet.com/engineering10/padlet_mini/wish/31706338 YAY! We got approved but... engineering10 https://padlet.com/engineering10/padlet_mini/wish/31706679 Apple approved our Safari extension, but does not

provide an interface to manage submitted extensions.]]> 2014-08-18 19:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/engineering10/padlet_mini/wish/31706679 Chrome does not require review engineering10 https://padlet.com/engineering10/padlet_mini/wish/31706880 We love Chrome and why not. Developer love.

Plus 5,000+ users. Awesome.

]]> 2014-08-18 19:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/engineering10/padlet_mini/wish/31706880 Firefox hates us engineering10 https://padlet.com/engineering10/padlet_mini/wish/31707209 Things between us and Mozilla have been a little crazy.

Our courtship started with a submission. Maybe we were too mysterious with our libraries, and that hurt her feelings.

As the suitors line up for her attention, we stand, chastened, alone, among them but set apart by scorn.

:(

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