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Google launches store for web apps

• marcusestes 16y ago
  No special development toolset required, just publish a text file with the proper metadata and you're good to go. They're even planning an integrated payment system. This could be huge.
• btucker 16y ago
  My knee jerk reaction is this is a giant step towards the web as we know it becoming "GoogleNet". I hope they get some sizable competition in this space.
  • alexro 16y ago
    No, I don't think so. Until the URL concept is dead, it will always be easier to promote your web site directly, via multiple reviews, affiliates, other software, etc etc. Google app store will be just one of these.
  • yanw 16y ago
    It's HTML and javascript ffs, there is no lock-in.
• alexro 16y ago
  I cannot see how the apps are meant to be "installable". Will Google run them on the AppEngine (or similar)? What if my app requires a set of services running on another machine?
  • pie 16y ago
    I think at the most basic level the "installation" process simply sets up shortcuts to existing web apps in Google Chrome. There's the ability to install serverless (static file based) things too; the example given is browser-based games.
• pie 16y ago
  More discussion going on over here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1361543 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1361543
• rooshdi 16y ago
  Our startup, Favetop (http://favetop.com http://favetop.com) provides similar shortcut functionality for web apps along with direct site search capabilities. We also allow users to save all their favorite online media alongside their web apps with the ability to share these with friends and followers if they choose.
• wazoox 16y ago
  Hello back, proprietary software. I still don't like you, even with new clothes.