Comments on: Chrome Web Store; the opportunity for breaking out of silos with experience http://almaer.com/blog/chrome-web-store-the-opportunity-for-breaking-out-of-silos-with-experience blogging about life, the universe, and everything tech Sat, 08 Sep 2012 07:06:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Brian King http://almaer.com/blog/chrome-web-store-the-opportunity-for-breaking-out-of-silos-with-experience/comment-page-1#comment-46656 Brian King Tue, 25 May 2010 15:35:21 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2707#comment-46656 I'm torn as well. Any sort of Web store is basically a silo when the larger Web is outside of it. Apart from the packaging, the nice advantage is that site owners don't need to think about commerce / pay options. RE: zip file of sites, there is already a general related proposal (though not covering some thing talked about here) in Mozilla for this - http://limi.net/articles/resource-packages-spec-ready-for-prototyping/ I’m torn as well. Any sort of Web store is basically a silo when the larger Web is outside of it. Apart from the packaging, the nice advantage is that site owners don’t need to think about commerce / pay options.

RE: zip file of sites, there is already a general related proposal (though not covering some thing talked about here) in Mozilla for this – http://limi.net/articles/resource-packages-spec-ready-for-prototyping/

]]> By: Mark Finkle http://almaer.com/blog/chrome-web-store-the-opportunity-for-breaking-out-of-silos-with-experience/comment-page-1#comment-46651 Mark Finkle Mon, 24 May 2010 16:19:17 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2707#comment-46651 I am torn over this "packaging for web apps" idea. Why do we need to download a zip file? Why can't we just use the Offline features built into the web? Why can't we add better support to [link rel=""] for nicer icons? Why can't we use web protocol handlers for supporting mailto:? I am torn over this “packaging for web apps” idea. Why do we need to download a zip file? Why can’t we just use the Offline features built into the web? Why can’t we add better support to [link rel=""] for nicer icons? Why can’t we use web protocol handlers for supporting mailto:?

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