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Is it possible to create a desktop app like this, for web sites of my choice, without using the Marketplace? It occurs to me that Firefox is very nearly able to

Is it possible to create a desktop app like this, for web sites of my choice, without using the Marketplace? It occurs to me that Firefox is very nearly able to provide a site-specific browser experience, like Fluid[1], but I'm not sure how to do it. [1] http://fluidapp.com/ http://fluidapp.com/

potch 13y ago
There is, but only if you can place a manifest file[1] on the domain where the app resides. Any website can trigger installation of an app via an API[2]. [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Apps/Manifest https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Apps/Manifest [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Apps.install?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=DOM%2FApps.install https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Apps.instal...
walid 13y ago
Actually the whole point of Firefox OS is that you don't target the desktop anymore. So the answer is that you can't do that in Firefox without actually releasing an app packaged to run standalone. Some other service that don't contain the full packaged app create a glorified bookmark which redirects you to the website's service like SoundCloud does.