- From: Simpson, Grant Leyton <glsimpso@indiana.edu>
- Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 10:12:44 -0400
One question I have off the top of my head is how updates are handled. I like the idea of better integration with the OS and the browser but I don't want to lose one of what I see as the best elements of web app development, namely the need to not have to update clients' copies of the app individually. On May 24, 2010, at 4:45 PM, Aaron Boodman wrote: > This has come up before, but since Google has officially announced the > project at IO, and Mozilla has voiced interest in the idea on their > blog, I felt like it might be a good to revisit. > > Google would like to make today's web apps "installable" in Chrome. >> From a user's point of view, installing a web app would: > > - Give it a permanent access point in the browser with a big juicy icon > - Allow the browser to treat a web app as a conceptual unit (eg give > it special presentation, show how much storage it uses) > - Add some light integration with the OS > - (optionally) Pre-grant some permissions that would otherwise have to > be requested one-at-a-time (eg geolocation, notifications) > - (optionally) Grant access to some APIs that would otherwise be > inaccessible (eg system clipboard, permanent storage) > > There is some more background on our thinking at these two URL: > > http://code.google.com/chrome/apps/ > http://code.google.com/chrome/apps/docs > > We have started implementing this using Chrome's current extension > system. However, we'd like it if installation could eventually work in > other browsers. Is there any interest from other vendors in > collaborating on the design of such a system? > > Thanks, > > - a
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