I remember from a talk at IO13 that the point of the new Chrome Apps is that they truly behave and feel like what we think of as "native" apps. Therefore, no Ch

I remember from a talk at IO13 that the point of the new Chrome Apps is that they truly behave and feel like what we think of as "native" apps. Therefore, no Chrome tabs or other browser-like stuff. I'd have to look at the talk again but if I remember right they limit how and when JS can be used in order to let you safely do things you can't do in a standard webpage. This session explains it all: https://developers.google.com/events/io/sessions/326973874 https://developers.google.com/events/io/sessions/326973874