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> Google senior staff software engineer Alex Russell said, "Note that this capability is already available to Chrome Apps and Extensions and in no scenario will

by nuker 6y ago

> Google senior staff software engineer Alex Russell said, "Note that this capability is already available to Chrome Apps and Extensions and in no scenario will we be handing it out like candy to any website that asks nicely" So websites will have to apply and get Google approval?

ridiculous_fish 6y ago
I had the same question, but I think a more generous read is that there will be some permissions flow with higher friction than the typical pop-up dialog. Is there any precedent for that sort of thing in Chrome?
- lrem 6y ago
  "Please install this extension" is one that springs to mind. Disclaimer: I work at Google, but unrelated to any of this.
  - spicybright 6y ago
    Thank you for the disclaimer even if it wasn't strictly related.
duskwuff 6y ago
"Chrome Apps"?? You mean the things they've been talking about deprecating since 2016? https://blog.chromium.org/2016/08/from-chrome-apps-to-web.html https://blog.chromium.org/2016/08/from-chrome-apps-to-web.ht...
- pjmlp 6y ago
  PWAs have replaced Chrome apps, hence why Microsoft and Google are making them as powerful as native apps, specially if packaged via the store, which even exposes native APIs as browser extensions.
  - aitchnyu 6y ago
    Cross platform "native APIs" I hope? Also whats "in it" for Google and Microsoft to promote PWAs, ie what would make them withdraw their support to PWAs?
    - pjmlp 6y ago
      Depends, cross platform native like APIs are one thing. The other is when an application is packaged for the store, the native APIs are automatically made available, no need for you to manually write any FFI. This how it used to work for old Edge, and Edge Chromium might eventually get something similar. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/progressive-web-apps-edgehtml/windows-features https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/progressive-... And on Android, https://developers.google.com/web/android/trusted-web-activity https://developers.google.com/web/android/trusted-web-activi...

by nuker 6y ago

ridiculous_fish 6y ago

I had the same question, but I think a more generous read is that there will be some permissions flow with higher friction than the typical pop-up dialog. Is there any precedent for that sort of thing in Chrome?

lrem 6y ago
"Please install this extension" is one that springs to mind. Disclaimer: I work at Google, but unrelated to any of this.
- spicybright 6y ago
  Thank you for the disclaimer even if it wasn't strictly related.

duskwuff 6y ago

"Chrome Apps"?? You mean the things they've been talking about deprecating since 2016? https://blog.chromium.org/2016/08/from-chrome-apps-to-web.html https://blog.chromium.org/2016/08/from-chrome-apps-to-web.ht...

pjmlp 6y ago
PWAs have replaced Chrome apps, hence why Microsoft and Google are making them as powerful as native apps, specially if packaged via the store, which even exposes native APIs as browser extensions.
- aitchnyu 6y ago
  Cross platform "native APIs" I hope? Also whats "in it" for Google and Microsoft to promote PWAs, ie what would make them withdraw their support to PWAs?
  - pjmlp 6y ago
    Depends, cross platform native like APIs are one thing. The other is when an application is packaged for the store, the native APIs are automatically made available, no need for you to manually write any FFI. This how it used to work for old Edge, and Edge Chromium might eventually get something similar. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/progressive-web-apps-edgehtml/windows-features https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/progressive-... And on Android, https://developers.google.com/web/android/trusted-web-activity https://developers.google.com/web/android/trusted-web-activi...