Re: Single instance mode vs multiple instances in manifest spec

On 04/23/2013 01:28 AM, Janusz Majnert wrote:

>>
>> A follow-up question for both Tizen and FirefoxOS systems -
>>
>> Can devices have more than one version of the same application installed
>> at the same time?  And can there be independent instances of each
>> version running?  E.g., can I have version 0.1 and version 0.2 of
>> app://example.com installed, and then run two instances of version 0.1
>> and two instances of version 0.2 (making four total instance) at the
>> same time?
> In Tizen - no. The newer version will replace the older version.

Same for Firefox OS, we don't keep older versions around.

>> I'm trying to get the cardinality of entities right: for every installed
>> application there may be multiple runtime instances.  Every installed
>> application will have one origin.  But can two or more installed
>> applications (not instances) have the *same origin*?
> Again, in Tizen - no.

Currently we only run a single instance of each app, but that's only
because on UX decisions. On bigger screens, nothing would prevent
launching several instances of the same app.

 Fabrice
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Fabrice Desré
b2g team
Mozilla Corporation

Received on Tuesday, 23 April 2013 16:29:53 UTC