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> Both Packaged Apps and Native Client apps work on any computer that has the Chrome browser installed. Hmm. On my Mid 2011 MacBook Air, I searched for the re
by millstone 13y ago
> Both Packaged Apps and Native Client apps work on any computer that has the Chrome browser installed.
Hmm. On my Mid 2011 MacBook Air, I searched for the referenced "Cracking Sands Racing" game on the Chrome Web Store, but found no results. I clicked on the link from the article, and am told "This application is not supported on this computer. Installation has been disabled." I guess they don't work on any computer after all.
When I try the Chrome Web Store, I find it difficult to distinguish between apps and what I would call just links to websites. For example, the top result in the "Lifestyle" section is an "app" that is really just a link to a random shopping site, full of the usual tracking cookies and advertising crap.
I feel tricked: if I wanted a shopping site, I'd have searched for it. Does Google just let anyone submit a link to their site and call it an app? Applications ought to have a higher quality bar.
- Shooti 13y agoThey're in the process of reorganizing the store to do exactly that. Preview is available on Dev/Canary channels: http://blog.chromium.org/2013/05/preview-new-chrome-packaged-apps.html http://blog.chromium.org/2013/05/preview-new-chrome-packaged...