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Ask HN: Is a browser plugin startup doomed to fail?

3 pointsby grababout 14 years ago
So what are today's acceptances for installing browser plugin apps? It's hard enough to get users, but also demand from them to install a plugin? Sounds crazy. Will IE users even bother installing anything? It will most likely require much more steps than firefox.<p>Then again, in firefox featured addons page, some apps get 50k+ weekly downloads.

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hshahabout 14 years ago
Here's a Andrew Warner interview with Jay Meattle where he talks about how Shareaholic reached 2+ millions installs of their browser add-on: <a href="http://mixergy.com/shareaholic-jay-meattle-interview/" rel="nofollow">http://mixergy.com/shareaholic-jay-meattle-interview/</a>