Re: [w3c/manifest] Add `application-context` CSS media feature (PR #1218)

benfrancis left a comment (w3c/manifest#1218)

@marcoscaceres wrote:
> @benfrancis wrote:
>> Maybe application-context should just have a boolean value?
> Yeah, I’m kinda landing in the same place.

Am I missing something or does the version being reviewed still have two string values rather than a boolean?

@dmurph wrote:
> I would say we could mention that the information it reveals isn't 'new' as a dev can still infer this via the display_mode media query, although that information is more imperfect and quite a bit more annoying to clean up.

It is new in the sense that you will now be able to differentiate between `fullscreen` in a browsing context and `fullscreen` in an application context, and (in theory) between a browsing context and an application context with the `browser` display mode "browser" (using the current "browsing context" terminology). I think the current "Note: Independent of `display-mode`" explains this well, though I would maybe say "what context is this running in?" rather than "what application context is this running in?".

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