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(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Brion Vibber
<bvibber(a)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.)
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