Re: [w3c/manifest] Allowing only site-triggered install prompt (#627)

Guys, so I think that every website should have a chance to "be installed".

Currently, you tell browsers to trigger "onbeforeinstallprompt" whenever they find it appropriate. But then, authors would have to test their apps in all existing browsers. Some browsers are not for free (e.g. you need to buy Windows 10 to use Edge, or buy an Apple device to use Safari).

Why don't you aim for the web to be defined precisely, and to work the same way everywhere? I suggest, that you should make it mandatory for every browser to trigger "onbeforeinstallprompt" on every website the user ever opens. What do you think?

I just spent 3 hours figuring out why "onbeforeinstallprompt" is not triggered for my website in Chrome. I had to use special tools such as Google Lighthouse, and I still haven't figured it out. I really don't want to spend 3 more hours to investigate the same problem for each other browser.

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