Re: [w3c/manifest] Remove beforeinstallprompt and appinstalled events. (#836)

@frlinw This raises the broader issue of how W3C can decide sensibly on specifications in a market overwhelmingly populated by Chromium-based browsers (which is not a return to the old domination by Internet Explorer, because the Chromium-based browsers are all forking off their own implementations and doing something slighlty different). Something is awry when I look around and see a diversity of independent browser implementations but they are all counted as a single browser. How much does a codebase have to be forked for it to become a separate browser? I'm sure W3C has thought carefully about these things, but current policy does seem to be leading to counterintuitive decisions.

(FWIW, Personally I don't think the mobile versions should be counted as the same version. They often implement things differently, only complete part of a specification, or else add specific features that are different from the parent browser.)

This is quite related to the quesitons you ask, I think. There is a balance to be struck between vendor implementations and an overseeing body that can set aspirations for a common standard (or a standard for the good of all / the commons).

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