bing-sidebar-for-chrome
Productivity
browser sidebar
SHOW HN2023
18points
11comments
#1,769of 3,109 in 2023
Top 57%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
3 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Commenter says it solves switching between Edge and Chrome for Bing AI
From 1 comment
I always switch between Edge and Chrome just for the BingAI，you perfectly solved that for me.
fengyeMapple on HN
Objections
Bing Chat restricted to Edge is against web culture
From 2 comments
Does anybody else feel as though Bing chat only working in Edge is a bit of a violation of web culture? Gmail, YouTube, Maps only working on Chrome. Is this what we want? Is this…
ralusek on HNIt follows a long tradition of Microsoft browsers violating "web culture".
jszymborski on HN
Having to change the user agent is dumb
From 1 comment
You can just change the user agent but it's still dumb that you have to.
Bombinator on HN
Questions
Are there extensions letting any website run in the sidepanel?
From 1 comment
Cool! Thanks for sharing. BTW does anyone know about extensions using this API that allow any website in the sidepanel, similar to Vivaldi? Brave only gets icons there, as a…
mickelsen on HN
Alternatives named
Bing AI via web.skype.com as a contact
From 1 comment
There is an alternative. You can access web.skype.com (in any browser), add Bing as a contact and then chat with BingAI there
TowerTall on HN
Vivaldi sidepanel
From 1 comment
Cool! Thanks for sharing. BTW does anyone know about extensions using this API that allow any website in the sidepanel, similar to Vivaldi? Brave only gets icons there, as a…
mickelsen on HN
AnySidebar extension
From 2 comments
Have a preview here: https://github.com/WooodHead/AnySidebar
jcwsw129 on HNI'm building this extension, release soon...
jcwsw129 on HN