spec/Overview.html 1.1090 1901 Note how confirmation could take place.

Note how confirmation could take place. (credit: roc) (whatwg r1901)
(changed by: Ian Hickson)

Diffs for this change per section: 
  make application
  http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1090.html#make-application

Current content per affected section: 
  http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#make-application

Previously published WD content per affected section: 
  http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-20080610/single-page/#make-application

Cumulative diff: http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.diff.html

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.1089&r2=1.1090&f=h

http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=1900&to=1901

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@@ -28277,6 +28277,12 @@
    resource identified by <span>the document's
    address</span><!-- XXXDOCURL xref --> available in such a fashion.
 
+  <p class=warning>The confirmation is needed because it is relatively easy
+   to trick users into activating buttons. The confirmation could, e.g. take
+   the form of asking the user where to "save" the application, or non-modal
+   information panel that is clearly from the user agent and gives the user
+   the opportunity to drag an icon to their system's application launcher.
+
   <p>The <i>relevance</i> of the <i title=attr-bb-type-makeapp-state><a
    href="#make-application">make application</a></i> state is false if the
    user agent is already handling the site in such a fashion, or if the user

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