On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 10:31 AM, James Burke <jrbu...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 6:48 AM, Benjamin Francis <bfran...@mozilla.com> > wrote: >> There have been several proposals of how to provide privileged hosted apps, >> including work around hosted packages [3] and discussions around a security >> model. > > [...] > > I would like to see gaia apps go to a hosted model (even just > marketplace hosting), since it gives us a dogfood way to test how we > expect other apps to be made.
I'm particularly interested in this piece as well. If we can prototype a pattern for "Serviceworkers-backed, self-updating, offline-capable web apps" (snappy name I know, rolls right off the tongue), then I'd be happy to put engineering resources behind the developer ergonomics of this. (In fact, I'm working on a plan for exactly that). These kinds of apps have the appeal that they can work anywhere™ based on standards (essentially, wherever SWs already are, or wherever we can make them work). That's not to say we don't have a good reason for certified packaged apps right now. The security model really is the pivot point here. With verifiable (signed), hosted updates, you seem to be on to something. ~F _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list dev-b2g@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
