This is exactly what I've understood. I didn't ask for Emmanuel's opinion, but I assume he would've find a different way to make that package, if Type=Webapp and WebApp-mode in browsers would be available.
My comment remains. --GK On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 23:16:10 -0700 Sparr <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think you understood what I was saying. The package you > linked to *is* a local installation. There is no "web" involved in > using that package. It is conceptually identical to VSCode, just with > python httpd and epiphany instead of node and electron. > > Maybe Type=Webapp would make sense for shortcuts that launch a browser > pointed at a website, but that's not what this is. > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 10:47 PM Genghis Khan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Sparr, > > > > Sure, ConverseJS not a simple local installation, and I don't > > think it intends to be installed locally, at least not on end-user > > type of systems. > > > > A WebApp is a WebApp, regardless of complexity. That being said, > > I see the result. > > > > Eventually, I think, once Type=Webapp is implemented and Linux web > > browsers adopt WebApp-Mode, if needed, I guess that ConverseJS, and > > other webapps alike, will be widely available in local > > installations. > > > > Cheers, > > --GK > > > > On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 12:13:46 -0700 > > Sparr <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > While ConverseJS is available as a web app, that does not seem > > > relevant to the package you've linked. That package does not use > > > the actual hosted-on-the-internet web app. It deploys a local > > > instance of the conversejs codebase and connects to that with a > > > local browser. In effect, this is no different from apps like > > > Visual Studio Code, Slack, Discord, etc which package a browser > > > (electron) and a backend (usually javascript) that runs locally. > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 12:03 PM Genghis Khan <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Friends, good evening > > > > > > > > Allow me to begin and state, that no matter how big an > > > > operation is and no matter which industry (i.e. Computing, > > > > Entertainment etc.), it appears that we ALWAYS HAVE TO make > > > > Trials & Errors in order for us to observe and see what we want > > > > for our audience, even in times we don't trust our own > > > > judgement. > > > > > > > > I have stumbled upon an ArchLinux package[0] made specifically > > > > for a WebApp called Converse.js[1] by XMPP community members. > > > > > > > > That package deploys Epiphany (A GNOME web browser) and npm (A > > > > package manager for javascript). > > > > > > > > Regardless of what anyone thinks of the planning of that > > > > WebApp-specific-package, I think it might be a good call for > > > > considering Type=Webappn in .desktop launchers. > > > > > > > > [0]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/conversejs-epiphany-git/ > > > > [1]: https://conversejs.org/ > > > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > --GK > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
