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Google wouldn't need to acquire the project if they wanted a desktop app. It's just a client ... nothing Google engineers couldn't handle.

• Aqueous 13y ago
  Right - an embedded webview with some window dressing. But it seems like they don't want to handle it, as they've made clear. So why not shell out a few bucks for one that's already made?
  • pulmo 13y ago
    Because they would need to support it. Plus all the other reasons why they don't have a native desktop client now. Like the strategic goal to establish Chrome as an app platform.
  • gohrt 13y ago
    because the first thing they'd do with it is throw away and rewrite it on the Google tech stack. But this person might land a job at Google, like the Sparrow folks... http://sparrowmailapp.com/ http://sparrowmailapp.com/
    • Touche 13y ago
      This is seriously just a stylesheet: https://raw.github.com/kbhomes/google-music-mac/master/google-music-mac/css/cocoa.css https://raw.github.com/kbhomes/google-music-mac/master/googl... That's not an insult, it's supremely awesome that this is even possible and that this dev made it happen. I'm using it now. But there are a few of these types of things for Google Music, there's a similar Chromebook app.