Streamified browser extension updated: Usernames, better sharing, and more

Here at Streamified, we’ve been hard at work rolling out new changes. Today we’re excited to let you know that our browser extension has been updated for both Chrome and Firefox! If you were a previous user of the browser extension, you might want to try re-installing from those links above just to make sure everything’s all up to date.

While it was important to us that this update squash as many bugs as possible, what’s really exciting is that the extension now runs on our new API! By setting up and adding all of your streams to your Streamified username, your information now can go wherever you go.

By the way: you may already have a Streamified username if you’re an iOS user or if you’ve been testing out our Streamified.me web app. To log in with your username, double click on the Streamified icon in your toolbar; this will open up Streamified.me in your browser. Enter your username and validate it (so the server knows it’s you) by logging in to one of your social networks. Your streams should now be ready to go, so feel free to skip ahead to learning more about what’s new in the extension!

Here’s a quick guide to setting up your username:

  1. Click on the Streamified icon in your browser’s toolbar.
  2. You should be taken to Streamified.me, our web app. This works hand-in-hand with the extension to give it some additional power. Click to log in.
  3. Pick a username, then click to continue.
  4. Start the process of beefing up your username by adding your first stream. We don’t store any of your private log-in information, by the way.
  5. Repeat the process of adding until you’re all set.
  6. Go to Google+; after the extension loads in, you should see the Streamified icon instead of the Home icon in the leftside navigation menu. Mouseover it to make sure all your streams are where they’re supposed to be.
  7. If you want to use the Streamified browser extension on a different computer or browser, after installing it, just input your username and validate it by logging in to any of the streams you added to it.

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Streamified extension updated; Now on Firefox!

We released an exciting update to the Streamified browser extension today! The big news, of course, is that the extension is now available for Firefox users. Here’s how to get it:

  • If you’re a Firefox user, install the extension by clicking here!
  • If you’ve already been using the extension on Chrome, you can go to the extensions page and hit “Update extensions now.” Look for version 1.18.61. You may want to clear your browser’s cache and/or do a hard restart of your browser. If you’re still having trouble, click the install link and do a fresh install.
  • If you’re a new Chrome user user, install the extension by clicking here (same link as for Firefox)!

While this extension has all the same functionality of previous versions (check out our walkthrough and our “Get The Most Out Of…” series for some tips and tricks), we also added a new feature: a share box!

Before we continue, please note that if you don’t see the Streamified icon right away in Firefox, right-click the toolbar area and select “customize,” then manually drag the icon into the toolbar.

Now, clicking on the Streamified icon in your toolbar will open up a share box that will appear to the right within the page you’re viewing. (To get to the settings now, double-click on the Streamified icon, or click once to open the share box and then click on “Settings.”) The share box allows you to easily share an interesting webpage to your social networks. It should look pretty familiar to those who’ve already been using the extension in Chrome.

  1. You can edit the title and description of your share (for Twitter, the “description” text is what is shared, along with the URL of the page), and select if you want a thumbnail picture to represent the page.
  2. Select the network(s) you want to post to. Please note that right now, due to technical limitations, you can’t post to Google+ from the share box.
  3. Hit “Post”; the share box should close, and you should see black notifications appear in the upper right corner to let you know that the post was shared successfully.
  4. You can also Like, Tweet, or +1 the page from the share box.

We’re really excited about the extension release and hope you enjoy it! Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at our support site if you have any issues, since this is a new release. Our support site is located here and make sure to use the right area, Chrome or Firefox, that fits the browser you’re using.

Lastly, if you like our extension, share it with your friends!

Blog subscriptions are now in the browser extension!

You may need to restart your browser and/or clear your cache (instructions here if you haven’t done this before) in order to see them. Once that’s done, click on the Streamified icon to go to Streamified settings, then click the + to add a new stream. You should now see a Subscriptions list!

You can save links for later from subscription posts in the extension, by the way; check out what that’s all about here.

Lastly, if you have an idea for a blog you think we should add, let us know here!

Justine Dolorfino is Streamified’s marketing coordinator. She can be reached at Justine@Streamified.com.

Get The Most Out Of: Save-Later Streams

This week, we were going to take a look at Facebook. However, over Memorial Day weekend we released an update to our browser extension! Thus, we thought it would be best to look at Save Later Streams like Instapaper, Readability, and Pocket in this week’s edition of “Get The Most Out Of…” Mobile iOS users have been enjoying these streams for a while. They’re pretty simple once you get the hang of it, and can make consuming your information easier once you can save things for reading on your own time.

Read about Save-Later streams in the browser extension!
Read about Save-Later streams in the mobile iOS app!

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