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I was hoping this was away to wrap a webpage in chrome and distribute that, but it seems to require me to distribute it through there webstore. Given that they don't have a default monopoly on selling things over the web (unlike, say Android, where they have most of the users), why would I want to do that? The technology is certainly interesting, if a bit limiting.
Are these apps supposed to be written in pure JS or are they PNaCl (Portable Native Client -- basically LLVM bytecode)?
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I agree. I would be much more excited about this announcement if it sounded a bit more open for other browsers to join in.
they will be free to copy the API. much of HTML5 is standardizing stuff already existing in various browsers (ironically, a lot of IE stuff). Firefox is already working on an API for USB for example.
I was hoping this was away to wrap a webpage in chrome and distribute that, but it seems to require me to distribute it through there webstore. Given that they don't have a default monopoly on selling things over the web (unlike, say Android, where they have most of the users), why would I want to do that? The technology is certainly interesting, if a bit limiting.