As a ChromeOS user I really just think of it as a laptop with a funky set of apps. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have thought to search for a wikipedia app for it because I'm so used to getting wikipedia in the browser.
On the other hand if the app could modify search key behaviour so I can hit search, type wikipedia, hit tab, type search term, then hit enter, then I'd like that. On the other other hand I already have this behaviour in all browser windows so from (pretty much) anywhere in the OS I can hit ctrl-t, ctrl-l, type wikipedia, hit tab, type search term, then hit enter. Also, it feels like that search key behaviour is up to google anyway and at some point they'll make it work the same as the location bar.
Nik
On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Steven Walling steven.walling@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Brion Vibber bvibber@wikimedia.org wrote:
I'd recommend against building any specific 'app' for a web-based OS like this, but if we can have a Chrome Web Store entry that conveniently bookmarks us and that makes us easier to use, well that'd be awesome.
You mean you recommend against OS-specific apps, like we have specific apps for Windows Phone, iOS, and Android? ;)
Snark aside: what you proposed is essentially how most Chrome apps work and is easiest to implement. For HTML5 games and such, I'm sure it's more app-like in that you may not be able to launch the game without installing the app, but most people basically just redirect users to the normal site. Obviously this makes the use of the name "app" seem bizarre, but the advantage for ChromeOS users is that we make it easier to get back to Wikipedia. (One step instead of three.) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l