I’m studying the addition of an “extension” for gmail, this is for an application at work, basically we want to somehow integrate some options (buttons) somewhere in the context of the currently viewed email.
Our users will be able to install the extension, and the extension will install the authorization aspect (not sure how to do this yet) with our application.
I have so far considered two options, not sure if I am on the right track:
- The Chrome extension, which then uses gmail.js (some third-party library on github), and use some jquery to search for the DOM to insert a button on the answer / delete toolbar.
I understand that this would be more straightforward, but he would have problems breaking it up when changing the page layout or changing class names. And also require the use of chrome to use (which is good for us)
- Create a context gadget gadget add-in located at the bottom of the email, although I'm not sure if this context gadget will appear at the end of the main email message flow or within each individual email and require an extension?
Also, correct me if I am wrong, but are gmail contextual gadgets for users with a Google Apps subscription in their company? That is, we must subscribe to Google Apps in our domain and deploy it to the Google application market, as well as have users who want to install this gadget in order to use Google applications as well?
Thanks for helping everyone in advance.
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