> Letting a webapp capable webpage have an in-page "install this app" button that added it to the home screen would wipe out 50% of app store usage
I can hardly wait for my entire Saturday to be taken up by my father being clickjacked into installing an antivirus scam.
If 'install this app ' provides any additional change in the security and privacy model beyond what setting a bookmark does, the page should have zero capability to request/demand such a thing.
I know that sucks for people who want to do application distribution using web technologies. However, people do not understand the ramifications of promoting a site to an app, and those ramifications are full of abuse scenarios.
I can hardly wait for my entire Saturday to be taken up by my father being clickjacked into installing an antivirus scam.
If 'install this app ' provides any additional change in the security and privacy model beyond what setting a bookmark does, the page should have zero capability to request/demand such a thing.
I know that sucks for people who want to do application distribution using web technologies. However, people do not understand the ramifications of promoting a site to an app, and those ramifications are full of abuse scenarios.