The main advantage is that you can switch back to the Amazon webapp window if one is already opened. This is a key advantage for certain webapps, like Gmail. But for more classic web sites, like Amazon or Ebay, the benefits are debatable.
On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Bryan Quigley <bryan.quig...@canonical.com> wrote: > Public bug reported: > > What advantages do we get from running Amazon as a webapp? > > Instead provide a desktop icon with Exec=sensible-browser > https://www.amazon.com/ > > and we save significant space on the image by using the already existing > browser. > > ** Affects: webapps-applications (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided > Status: New > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu > WebApps bug tracking, which is subscribed to webapps-applications in > Ubuntu. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1517509 > > Title: > Remove amazon as a webapp, move to simple sensible browser call > > Status in webapps-applications package in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > What advantages do we get from running Amazon as a webapp? > > Instead provide a desktop icon with Exec=sensible-browser > https://www.amazon.com/ > > and we save significant space on the image by using the already > existing browser. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webapps-applications/+bug/1517509/+subscriptions > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-webapps-bugs > Post to : ubuntu-webapps-b...@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-webapps-bugs > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1517509 Title: Remove amazon as a webapp, move to simple sensible browser call To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webapps-applications/+bug/1517509/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
