Re: [manifest] Add meta tags equivs. for features were possible (#350)

@pornel For a web app with only one web page, the distinction is largely redundant. But most web apps consist of multiple web pages.

The metadata of the manifest is intended to be applied to a browsing context to create an application context, the metadata then applies to all web pages loaded inside the application context. i.e. The manifest describes a web application as a whole, whereas the meta tags of a document just describe one page of a web application or web site.

In the context of the FT app, I would say that the name of the app might be "FT", whereas the title of an individual page might be "UK banks urged to boost profitability", the title of a particular article.

A user agent might use the name of the app for a launcher, but display the title of a particular page in a task switcher for example. Both are useful.

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