Hi. Marcos. > -----Original Message----- > From: Marcos Caceres [mailto:w...@marcosc.com] > Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 12:24 AM > To: Nilsson, Claes1 > Cc: Arthur Barstow; public-webapps; public-sysa...@w3.org > Subject: Re: [coord] Is there still a need for WebApps + SysApps meeting > at TPAC? > > > > On Thursday, October 31, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Nilsson, Claes1 wrote: > > > I want to say that we are interested in implementing the JSON manifest > and also to discuss additions to the manifest. Content security policies > have already been mentioned and we are looking at something similar to > http://developer.chrome.com/extensions/contentSecurityPolicy.html, which > allows inclusion of content security policies to support secure hosted > apps by defining schemes (https:) that are allowed to use for whitelisting > secure origins from which scripts should be accepted. > > This is orthogonal to the manifest, as web apps can already do this. > Adding this to the manifest would only be sugar to allow developers to > tighten the CSP. > > I would also like to better understand what a meta tag solution would > mean. > > > See: > https://developer.apple.com/library/safari/documentation/AppleApplications > /Reference/SafariHTMLRef/Articles/MetaTags.html > > And: > https://developers.google.com/chrome/mobile/docs/installtohomescreen > > So, some standardized thing of the above (without the proprietary prefixes, > of course). > > > However, as the manifest specification editor Marcos unfortunately is > not able to participate in TPAC I am not sure on the most efficient way to > discuss the manifest, a joint SysApps-WebApps session with Marcos calling > in or a mailing list discussion. > > I’m happy to dial in, but would like to know specially what people want to > discuss about it. > > > My main point is to stress our interest in the manifest specification > and additions to it. > > > > I think it’s more important to understand the use cases, and then we can > evaluate if the manifest is the appropriate place to address those. >
I think one of big benefit with manifest format is we can use hyperlink for that. User can install a web app with manifest format, no need to visit a site. So manifest can provide more smooth way of installation to user. They can install apps via links in blogs, twitter, facebook, extra. What do you think? Kr, Wonsuk.
