Re: Web Install Meeting

Hi All,

With my WebKit hat on, WebKit remains opposed to the addition of the Install APIs and <install> element. WebKit folks still believe that, given the additional capabilities granted by “Add to Home Screen” (or installation in general because of OS Integration), this needs to be mediated by browser UI so to remain under user control: 
https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/619

However, we’d like to continue addressing the remaining use cases with, for starters, the “installed” media feature:
https://github.com/w3c/manifest/pull/1218

And possibly other solutions for any remaining use cases. 

Happy to again jump on a call to discuss next steps. 



> On 9 Apr 2026, at 12:39 AM, Christian Liebel <christian.liebel@thinktecture.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I am writing to share a brief status update on our Web Install API discussions.
> 
> We have requested standards positions from Mozilla and WebKit, and we are currently waiting for their responses.
> 
> To make the best use of everyone’s time and ensure our next discussion is as productive as possible, I suggest we hold off on scheduling our follow-up meeting until these formal positions are ready to be shared.
> 
> I will stay in touch with the vendors and will check back with the group in four weeks to provide another update and reassess scheduling.
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Christian