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There are 2 ways to publish on the chrome web store. 1) A link to a website, with the link hidden. Going to the actual website provides the exact same experi
by wccrawford 15y ago
There are 2 ways to publish on the chrome web store.
1) A link to a website, with the link hidden. Going to the actual website provides the exact same experience.
2) A packaged app that is downloaded and contained within the browser. (It may or may not use a web API for some functionality.)
#1 is basically just a bookmark. There's nothing special about it.
- stanleydrew 15y agoRight, but since Chrome's app environment is really just the browser's javascript and rendering environment (perhaps with access to a few special javascript apis) there isn't really anything special about #2 either. In fact, apps that fit into your #1 and #2 bins are the same thing modulo caching.
- jent 15y agoIn my mind, there isn't much difference technically the big question is whether users want a different experience. A certain percentage want a more fluid user flow similar to a native / desktop app. This web app seems to accomplish that using Google web toolkit and decent page load times.
- jackpine 15y agoThe fact that "linked" apps have access to unlimited caching is a huge win for user experience.