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[Alexandre Abreu <alexandre.abreu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Peter,

Thank you for your message here,


> So, why doesn't Ubuntu Touch provide and promote something like the
> ogra webapp container [1] as the default for running webapps in order
> to help lazy webapp developers (myself included)? There should really
> be no need to activate an address bar when I can have the back and
> forward button to my rescue with a swipe up from the lower edge of the
> screen. (See the uApp Explorer webapp [3] for a demo.) If these
> options (Home, Back, Forward, Reload) were in the bottom edge menu by
> default, even better. The menu should be able to be extended or
> overridden by a simple addition of options in a webapp config file. No
> strict need to add QML code or so for simple shortcuts. (Webapps using
> this container currently do copy the QML code and change it, which is
> suboptimal in my opinion.)
>

We are obviously still working on improving the container per se to make it
a good and easily accessible tool for developers. One of the topic that we
are thinking
about at this point is improving the extension points provided by the
container.

I have ogra's container (and the UI) in mind, and I will kick off a
discussion with design
about maybe a reviser version of the navigation panels so that we have a
proper
solution (since I also find it convenient).

We are also at this moment, revisiting the ways that a developer could
customize
the context of execution of the webpage that is being visited. This is
obviously
a double edged sword since it also puts more responsibility on the
developer (that
in case of invasive css changes, needs to keep track of the website changes
and
be skilled enough to make proper though changes). This might backfire in
bad reviews
because of that,