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Netsoul client for Google Chrome

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README.md

What is chromesoul?

Chromesoul is a minimalist NetSoul client for Google Chrome. If you don't know what NetSoul is, you probably don't need it. If you're neither a student nor an employee of any IONIS school (eg: Epitech, Epita, …), all you have to know is that NetSoul is an internal messaging protocol for thoses schools.

Why?

When you're on the PIE, you're stuck in it unless you are connected to netsoul. With multiple operating systems it's a real pain to configure a NetSoul client for each of them. That's why chromesoul is awesome: not only it's a cross-platform NS client, but the Chrome synchronisation automaticaly install and configure it everywhere you uses chrome.

Requirements

Sockets have been introduced in Chromium 24. Therefore, it is required to have a web-browser based on Chromium 24 or newer.

Features

Messages

At first, chromesoul's was only intended to provide an access to internet from the PIE and didn't supported messages. However, I changed my mind and decided to include this feature. Don't panic if you don't want to be disturbed, it's possible to turn it off. All you have to do is to go in your settings and uncheck the little box.

Desktop notifications

There's a few bugs with avatars, however it works.

State change

It's on it's way.

File transfer

Maybe later.

FAQ

How do I install this app?

Because it's not packaged yet, you have to:

Download it (aka: clone the git repository)
Use the developer mode
Click on "Load unpackaged extension..." and select the chromesoul directory

Will it be available in the webstore?

Yes, as soon as possible.

How do I start chromesoul?

Just like any other app:

open a new tab (Ctrl + T)
click on the "apps" tab if necessary (have a look at the bottom of the page)
click on "chromesoul"

Why do I have to enter my password on every different chrome? Isn't it shared?

Being a very sensitive data, the password isn't shared: that's the only thing you'll have to set yourself along all your chrome installations.

Are my data stored encrypted?

By default, no. That's why you are strongly encouraged to configure Chrome to encrypt all your synced data. Please note that it's true for every single application you uses.

I found a bug, what should I do?

Please report it with as much details as you can. Thanks in advance.

I hate chromesoul!

It's your opinion and I don't care about it.

I love chromesoul!

I'm happy you like it :-)

Licence

Chromesoul is released under an ISC licence. See the LICENCE.txt file for more details.

Chromesoul uses third-party free softwares which belongs to their respective owners. Such softwares and its authors are listed in the CREDITS.md file.