Hi Product Hunt!
I'm excited to introduce the Wildfire extension to you all. Wildfire lets you record your actions within the browser, customize the steps and playback those actions. It's similar to extensions like iMacros and Ghost Inspector but I wanted to do my own take on manipulating the steps in a different way that's both easy to use and can have great complexity to it. That's why I chose to create a visual workflow editor to swap and change those actions.
Wildfire currently runs on your local machine (even on a schedule) to allow you to do testing on internal systems, or online with sensitive data. It also has the ability to do some expression handling for things like loops or value comparisons which I think is really powerful.
I'm always looking for feedback or feature requests so feel free to reach out 😁
UPDATE: Wildfire is now available for Firefox - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB...
@rrhoover Hey Ryan,
Yep, all of the above! The idea is that it's simple enough to be used with small macro-like workflows but has the ability to do really complex things if needed.
@catapop84 Hey Catalin,
Firefox and Opera versions are actually already on the way to being released. It's currently being held up by their respective extension store moderation queues, so it's probably a couple weeks off.
@caiovaccaro Hey Caio,
It has some limitations around some of the more complex sites around not picking up certain types of events (like, say, Google Sheets) and anything that uses external plugins like Flash. I'm working to get better event detection for those sort of sites.
You're right in that it just uses DOM event listeners. Specifically, the listeners you select in the Settings tab. It also hooks into some of the native browser APIs for things like tab management.
@iann0036 Great, I'll give it a try! I wonder if it works with custom HTML elements from javascript frameworks (like angular directives or polymer elements). I've had problems with other tools.
This is really great and simple tool Ian. Awesome work :)
Does it work on one tab? i tried to simulate opening multiple tabs, but in the simulation it open that link in the same tab.
@vinit_agrawal1 Thanks! 🙂 Check out the "Open in New Tab" option in the Workflow Editor for your New/Change Tab event. The only exception is the very first event, which will always use the first tab. If you still have issues, feel free to DM me.
This is awesome, nice work @iann0036 ! It would be super cool if there was a way to share the recording with others (even non-users) via a unique URL. Some use cases: 1.) I come across a bug and want to send a video to the dev group in addition to steps to replicate so they can see exactly what I'm seeing. Diagnostic meta data would also be pretty cool - browser, browser version, etc (not sure if you already have that, I didn't look for this specifically). 2.) If I wanted to show someone how to do something (e.g. how to post something new on Product Hunt) I could record it, then send the unique URL to that person so they could see exactly how.
@arrev Hey Adam,
Thanks for the feedback! Currently, you can achieve a similar effect by exporting the workflow or event log to a file, then having the other person import it. This does require they have the extension installed though.
I'll certainly look into the unique URL option though, it's a great idea!
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