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[Alex Launi <alex.launi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 16, 2013, at 10:36 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 16 January 2013 15:26, Alex Launi <alex.launi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> On Jan 15, 2013, at 6:57 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>>> ...
>>>> 
>>>> How do you propose getting that icon on the launcher in the first
>>>> place if it doesn't appear when you open a tab?
>>>> 
>>>> ...
>>> 
>>> By opening the application, e.g. from the Dash or the messaging menu.
>>> 
>>> - --
>>> mpt
>> 
>> So all web apps are listed in the dash, or messaging menu by default? I suppose dash makes sense a la installable apps. Do you expect users will be retrained to think "open dash type Facebook" rather than "open browser goto Facebook.com"?
> 
> Is that not the whole point of Web Apps?  Not that I am convinced
> myself, but if there are web apps then they should be able to be
> invoked via Dash or Launcher and in the context of the launcher,
> workspaces and so on, should behave as other apps.
> 

No I agree this should be possible- my question that initiated this line of discussion was "how are they accessed the first time". MPT Said from the launcher or sound menu. Although I'm realizing now that (maybe) I misunderstood what you meant, MPT. Could you please give a little description of the user journey that arrives with a web app launcher icon on the launcher?

Alex