[whatwg] Proposed additions to ClientInformation interface

[Mark Finkle]

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Krzysztof Żelechowski <giecrilj at stegny.2a.pl>
wrote:

> Tuesday 08 of July 2008 05:10:46 Mark Finkle napisał(a):
> > On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 6:04 PM, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, Brady Eidson wrote:
> > >  * Sites want to offer a way for users to opt into a standalone mode
> > >   ("can we offer a link to download one of these standalone Web
> apps?").
> > >   Basically, to offer a way to bookmark the page as a standalone app
> > >   instead of as a bookmark that opens in the browser.
> >
> > link rel ?
>
> Not really, it would abuse the LINK element.
>

define abuse


>
> > >  * It shouldn't be something that appears in the browser's UI, since
> > >   browsers have basically run out of room.
> >
> > disagree. it will depend in browser UI anyway for the confirm prompt
>
> The prompt would be presented in a modal window, therefore it would not use
> chrome space.
>

I hope no modal windows will be used in the making of this UI. Firefox
currently doesn't use modal UI for permission prompts.
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