Re: [manifest] Are "hosted apps" in scope? (#340)

> Yes, we are looking to provide JSON manifest support. If anything, based on the current state, it seems like it will be easier for us to use the manifest for hosted apps than for packaged apps.

That is the intended use of the W3C web app manifest, so that makes sense.

> If I'm understanding the question correctly, since our Store is it's own 'app' and not run in the browser, we don't necessarily need an installation API to make it work.

OK, interesting. So Microsoft does have use cases for web apps which may be "installed" from an app store before being loaded in the browser. Windows 10 will just use a platform-specific API for installing the app like Firefox OS currently does?

That seems to answer what I think @marcosc's original question was, and has potential implications for Service Worker integration. If a Service Worker is not defined in the manifest to be registered at install time, then there's a risk that the app may not work offline until the second time it is launched.

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