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This article doesn't accurately convey the state of Chrome Applications. There's actually a much richer way to build apps that have a more native look and feel,
by rrdharan 12y ago
This article doesn't accurately convey the state of Chrome Applications. There's actually a much richer way to build apps that have a more native look and feel, including their own branded top-level window with fewer of the limitations the author cites.
https://developer.chrome.com/apps/about_apps https://developer.chrome.com/apps/about_apps
- evv 12y agoThe article's title is "The State of Desktop Applications in Node.js", and chrome applications do not let you run node.js on the local machine. If you can't run your own userland code on the machine and talk to hardware, then you can hardly call it a desktop app. Google wants to keep you locked in their sandbox.
- juliangregorian 12y agoI don't know, they seem to tout interfacing with network and hardware pretty heavily.