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0 pointswccrawford14y ago0 comments

There are 2 ways to publish on the chrome web store.

1) A link to a website, with the link hidden. Going to the actual website provides the exact same experience.

2) A packaged app that is downloaded and contained within the browser. (It may or may not use a web API for some functionality.)

#1 is basically just a bookmark. There's nothing special about it.

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jent14y ago

In my mind, there isn't much difference technically the big question is whether users want a different experience. A certain percentage want a more fluid user flow similar to a native / desktop app. This web app seems to accomplish that using Google web toolkit and decent page load times.

jackpine14y ago

The fact that "linked" apps have access to unlimited caching is a huge win for user experience.

stanleydrew14y ago

Right, but since Chrome's app environment is really just the browser's javascript and rendering environment (perhaps with access to a few special javascript apis) there isn't really anything special about #2 either. In fact, apps that fit into your #1 and #2 bins are the same thing modulo caching.

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