I also find this useful since then 'Find my Friends' does not clutter the task switcher.Īs you can probably tell, I chose FluidApp for #3 and am quite happy with it, but this is not to say that EpiChrome is less useful, specially when you need features only present in a full fledged browser (such as #2).The progress in technology shown by iPhone has been quite exceptional. your location will be visible)įluidApp's app (paid version) has a very nice 'Pin to Statusbar' feature, which is a deal clincher for me (especially since I did not care about #2 and with this feature #1 becomes moot since the application is 'always-on'). the location of a single friend appearing on the map), was identical across 5 tests using wall-clock time (13 seconds for each).Įpichrome's SSB has support for location API (i.e. I created the following SSB using epichrome:įor the test url ( ), the time-to-usefulness (i.e. This is a helper app which creates SSBs based on Chrome (whereas the above, fluidapp, is based on Safari). If you must have your location visible, then was quite straightforward. The only caveat is that fluid apps don't seem have a location API, so your location will not be visible on the map (this wasn't an issue for me since without copious amount of spirits, I usually know where I am :) ) I am unaware of the implication of an 'always-on' find my friends on the battery life of the device being tracked, but something to bear in mind. (Am not associated with fluidapp in any way). The free version of should suffice to do all of the above, but the paid version (USD 5 at the time of this writing) allows you to add the fluid app to the mac menu bar (besides supporting userscripts and allowing full screen mode), which I use quite often. The first time you launch it, you will need to sign in to your icloud account, but from then on, launching the app feels pretty native.įor bonus points, change the icon of the app (from with the 'Find My Friends' fluidapp once created) using the icon : On macOS, both the existing native options were not resizable (i.e neither the Notification centre widget nor the 'Details' from Messages app) so I ended up using the Find My Friends on iCloud webapp.įor bonus points, use the above URL to create a Fluid App ( ), the resulting app feels native. If you want a bigger screen view, you might want to consider using Find My Friends on ( )

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