Re: [w3c/manifest] "Default display mode" section is super confusing (Issue #1024)

dmurph left a comment (w3c/manifest#1024)

not to nerd-snipe, but I have OFTEN had a conversation with partners who have said things like "we want to have our app be displayable in an edge-style sidebar too" - and other things like that - where there couldb e 3 concepts:

- requested display mode/s (ranked)
- "supported" display modes
- effective display mode right now

So the developer could say
- My app works best in these display modes
- I can also support these other ones, e.g. I can be in a sidebar view

And the effective display mode is what the user agent tells the developer they are in right now via the display-mode media query.


However..... we don't have any supported display mode concepts in the spec right now, but wanted to mention as a future thing. I'm guessing we can standardize the descriptions of the other two a bit better?

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