Re: [w3c/manifest] Allowing only site-triggered install prompt (#627)

> @marcoscaceres I still can not see, how is window.install() more dangerous or intruding than windows.alert() ?

Let’s consider the inverse: we know alert() is terrible for users, why would we want to replicate it or anything that approximates it? 

> Why it can not be handled in the same manner and has to have so many restrictions?

As above. If we know something is harmful, why should we use it as precedent? Why would not try to come up with something that avoids legacy problems?

> Browsers don't forbid you to make HTTP bookmarks.

You === user, sure. But websites cannot make the bookmark. That’s the core distinction here. 





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