Re: [w3c/manifest] short_name to fall back to name & vice versa (#466)

Bingo. It's about context of use. The UA is supposed to chose when and where to show the appropriate version. The motivation was iOS's app search, which let's you search for both long and short name (even if short name is displayed). 

> On 6 May 2016, at 3:26 AM, Jake Archibald <notifications@github.com> wrote:
> 
> Interesting. So in the case of:
> 
> {
>   "name": "Words With Friends",
>   "short_name": "Words"
> }
> …you'd never display "Words With Friends"? We use the longer name in the add-to-homescreen prompt and the splash-screen, but favour the short name for the homescreen icon label.
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