I know a lot of people are thrashing the chrome webstore (especially in the developer community) - and yes, it does seem ridiculous on the outset. Some people

I know a lot of people are thrashing the chrome webstore (especially in the developer community) - and yes, it does seem ridiculous on the outset. Some people have already mentioned the benefits for the users, but, even from the point of view of the developers, I feel that an "installable" web app (which is actually nothing but a bookmark) helps developers by putting the apps right in front of the users' eyes. It makes a lot of difference. As a normal bookmark, it will get buried - but when it sits in that extra special screen space as an icon - my gut feel says that users will tend to use it more.