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Correct, you need to have Chrome or Chromium (if you want something fully OSS) installed. Once you do, it functions like a native app (integrates directly with
by moxie 11y ago
Correct, you need to have Chrome or Chromium (if you want something fully OSS) installed. Once you do, it functions like a native app (integrates directly with your OS's launcher), rather than like an extension (something attached to a browser window).
We might consider distributing it via something like electron in the future, but that's just a matter of packaging.
- darklajid 11y agoThanks a lot for the confirmation. The Chrom(e|ium) name is tainted for me and while Electron is Chrome I'd be less hesitant to install an 'application' than something that might want to be the default browser or end up being launched by guests / my family. You explained at length on HN that the target demographic doesn't include the random nutjob like me, and I understand that the average person doesn't care (or runs Chrome anyway already): I'm not trying to say that this release, this work is bad - I'm just trying to explain why I'm not putting on my party hat just yet.