It still works on Windows, just rename a .html file .hta. You get the appearance of a real application and special privileges through windows scripting.
On an unrelated note
I like that application development is moving in the direction of using web technologies for offline software, but I don't like the fragmentation I'm seeing with the Windows Metro apps, Chrome apps, Firefox OS apps, Phonegap apps all using different manifests/APIs.
It would make more sense for developers and consumers if some of the people working on these were to work together and come up with a standard.
I don't use iOS, but Chrome has had "Create Application Shortcut" since I think version 1. The Chrome apps platform is very different from that, and probably more comparable to iOS or Android apps, or what Mozilla pursued with XULRunner.
> I don't use iOS, but Chrome has had "Create Application Shortcut" since I think version 1.
Does "Create Application Shortcut" stuff work offline for compatible web applications, or does it just create a shortcut to a chromeless version (à la Fluid)? I can find no conclusive evidence towards the former by browsing.
the short answer is yes. The slighter longer answer is that the application shortcut is just some extra command-line parameters, and doesn't materially alter the workings of offline stuff like AppCache or LocalStorage.
It still works on Windows, just rename a .html file .hta. You get the appearance of a real application and special privileges through windows scripting.
On an unrelated note I like that application development is moving in the direction of using web technologies for offline software, but I don't like the fragmentation I'm seeing with the Windows Metro apps, Chrome apps, Firefox OS apps, Phonegap apps all using different manifests/APIs.
It would make more sense for developers and consumers if some of the people working on these were to work together and come up with a standard.