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Woah! I had no idea about the "application" feature of Chrome! That is so simple, yet so ingenious! Try this: Go to Gmail, then when it's loaded, in the top r

Woah! I had no idea about the "application" feature of Chrome! That is so simple, yet so ingenious! Try this: Go to Gmail, then when it's loaded, in the top right in Chrome go to Page -> Create App Shortcut and choose a location (say the Desktop). Then go to the location, and "open" the application. It's like an actual Windows app!

13ren 18y ago
the tabs, buttons, and address bars fall away and the Web app looks pretty much like a desktop app. Welcome to the cloud era. and also: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=292159 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=292159
tjmc 18y ago
Great feature. Unfortunately, Adobe have a patent (http://www.patentgenius.com/patent/5546528.html http://www.patentgenius.com/patent/5546528.html) on dragging tabs to create new windows. They filed suit against Macromedia over it in 2000 (http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200008/20000810macro.html http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/2000...). Hopefully Adobe will be good sports this time...
- tlrobinson 18y ago
  Safari has had the "drag tab for a new window" feature for a few years, and Apple hasn't had any problems... yet. Of course I doubt Adobe would want to mess with Apple, or Google for that matter.
  - river_styx 18y ago
    Indeed, many of these amazing new innovations that people are ascribing to Chrome have been there in Safari/Webkit for a while.
    - DougBTX 18y ago
      Just the way these things go - the same happened with features from Opera being introduced to a wider audience through Firefox. Answer: if you want credit for an idea, implement and get it in the hands of millions of people.
bouncingsoul 18y ago
Woah! I had no idea about the "application" feature of Chrome! That is so simple, yet so ingenious! It's a feature in the next version of Safari as well: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wyctim/2568406483/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/wyctim/2568406483/ It's sorta funny because in the past people complained about sites hiding browser chrome and rejoiced when browsers let you disable that Javascript feature; now it's reversed and we're excited to be able to view sites without browser chrome.
- derefr 18y ago
  When sites hide chrome, it's bad. When apps do it, it's good. The obvious difference is that (most) webapps don't use the browser chrome e for anything anyway, so removing it just makes the design less confusing and cluttered. Not to say that apps shouldn't make the chrome work for them....
litewulf 18y ago
You know that Prism does this pretty well as well ;)
josefresco 18y ago
Sorry, not impressed. A desktop shortcut to Gmail with no address bar or buttons doesn't exactly 'wow' me. I still have to login, and I have enough screen real estate that I would prefer to have those buttons/toolbars available. Why is this great? The lack of toolbars?

13ren 18y ago

the tabs, buttons, and address bars fall away and the Web app looks pretty much like a desktop app. Welcome to the cloud era. and also: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=292159 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=292159

tjmc 18y ago

Great feature. Unfortunately, Adobe have a patent (http://www.patentgenius.com/patent/5546528.html http://www.patentgenius.com/patent/5546528.html) on dragging tabs to create new windows. They filed suit against Macromedia over it in 2000 (http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200008/20000810macro.html http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/2000...). Hopefully Adobe will be good sports this time...

tlrobinson 18y ago
Safari has had the "drag tab for a new window" feature for a few years, and Apple hasn't had any problems... yet. Of course I doubt Adobe would want to mess with Apple, or Google for that matter.
- river_styx 18y ago
  Indeed, many of these amazing new innovations that people are ascribing to Chrome have been there in Safari/Webkit for a while.
  - DougBTX 18y ago
    Just the way these things go - the same happened with features from Opera being introduced to a wider audience through Firefox. Answer: if you want credit for an idea, implement and get it in the hands of millions of people.

bouncingsoul 18y ago

Woah! I had no idea about the "application" feature of Chrome! That is so simple, yet so ingenious! It's a feature in the next version of Safari as well: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wyctim/2568406483/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/wyctim/2568406483/ It's sorta funny because in the past people complained about sites hiding browser chrome and rejoiced when browsers let you disable that Javascript feature; now it's reversed and we're excited to be able to view sites without browser chrome.

derefr 18y ago
When sites hide chrome, it's bad. When apps do it, it's good. The obvious difference is that (most) webapps don't use the browser chrome e for anything anyway, so removing it just makes the design less confusing and cluttered. Not to say that apps shouldn't make the chrome work for them....

litewulf 18y ago

You know that Prism does this pretty well as well ;)

josefresco 18y ago

Sorry, not impressed. A desktop shortcut to Gmail with no address bar or buttons doesn't exactly 'wow' me. I still have to login, and I have enough screen real estate that I would prefer to have those buttons/toolbars available. Why is this great? The lack of toolbars?