Re: Web/Native: gap analysis

On Mon, 14 Oct 2013 12:43:32 +0100, Marcos Caceres <w3c@marcosc.com> wrote:

>
>> > 3. Permissions - without a permissioning model for the Web, we can't  
>> enable new device capabilities.
>>
>>
>> (Given quite a bit of related work over the years (widget's <access>,
>> DAP, etc.) , I'm a bit skeptical here. OTOH, if people think they can
>> provide some new value/inputs here, perhaps that could be a worthwhile
>> effort.)
> Sorry, to link… but this article by Boris Smus outlines the problem well  
> (though it's a little thin on solutions):
> http://smus.com/installable-webapps/

there's also this one by Rich Tibbett  
http://richt.me/2013/05/exposing-privileged-apis-to-web-content/

Is bookmarking a webpage  with elevated permissions (as Boris and  
Richard's proposals allow) to a homescreen - as FFOS, Chrome/ Android and  
iOS allow - an different from "installing"?


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bruce

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Bruce Lawson
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Received on Monday, 14 October 2013 12:24:59 UTC