- From: Brian Todd <notifications@github.com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 17:29:20 -0800
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Received on Monday, 20 January 2020 01:29:23 UTC
"and leave it to browsers to provide better UI to surface installability of web applications" As a developer, it shocked me to read that coming from Mozilla. Back to the wild west, eh? I may have misunderstood the Mozilla mission. May I ask what the Firefox browser plans to provide? On Firefox for Android, I have found nothing. Is there a counter-proposal from Mozilla? Perhaps, rather than junking beforeinstallprompt, identify if there are specific deficiencies that can be repaired to make it "OK". AFAIK, the "App Install" conveys no new privileges; so I don't see a security problem. Currently, users must click "yes" twice in succession to get an install on Chrome. So, the notion of an "accidental install" seems a bit spurious. The nature of our App is that users will use it intensively and frequently for a few weeks; and when they use it, the "standalone" formatting is critical to a good experience. So we need the Web App installation. Currently we deal with two different install mechanisms. One more won't hurt . . . much. But it really surprised me to see us making a policy to drive that way. -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/w3c/manifest/pull/836#issuecomment-576072894
Received on Monday, 20 January 2020 01:29:23 UTC