Re: [w3c/manifest] Add beforeinstallprompt event (#417)

> I'm not really a fan of this approach because it implies the user would be prompted right away and/or that the page has to continuously poll to see whether the permission is available. I'd rather it be delivered as an event.

sorry, I should have clarified the proposal. 

The BIP would still be fired - but it would be a simple Event that is cancellable. It does not imply that or require to be prompted right away: the UA is still in control of the prompting, in coordination with the page. 

The page would not be required to continuously poll because the Permission API notifies of changes to permission states (or else the Permission API itself would be completely broken - because then everyone would need to poll for every permission type). 

The installation model currently proposed replicates much of the Permissions API's model, and I'm starting to think we should give serious consideration about retrofitting the current installation model to fit. 

The only difference is that installation's initial state is "denied", then switches to "prompt" if BIP's default is prevented. And "granted" does nothing, as it's been installed.   



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