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RE: ambient badging, install banners, modals- we agreed on a plan for ambient badging and how to allow developers to control a modal install
RE: terminology - we expect to experiment with using the word “Install” for “Improved Add to Home screen” on Android because it's clearer
RE: new tab page - we have a proposal for the NTP team about promoting and badging PWAs on the NTP
RE: a notification that gives users access to omnibox actions from standalone mode - group discussed some minor details, launching soon
RE: splashscreen - long design session on the new splashscreen_url proposal. Piotr will report back to community
RE: crowdsourcing stats on how well each PWA works offline - Piotr will collect some easy data but we’ll hold off on big work for now
RE: web share target - we’ll not run an origin trial since it’s too hard to implement. Goal: land it in manifest spec and implement in Q4
RE: Desktop PWAs window frame - long design session on what it should contain. Group came to a conclusion, UX looking now.
RE: Capabilities now important due to Desktop PWAs - Ben and Owen to investigate Chrome Apps, Electron and UWP and report back
RE: Desktop PWA install flow - group agreed on rough design. UX looking now.
RE: Desktop PWA behaviour of cross-origin or off-scope - group agreed to bounce the user out to a tab
RE: Desktop PWA behaviour of linking to a HTTP page - group agreed to bounce the user out to a tab
RE: Desktop PWAs showing mixed content - group agreed to show the user an error state (same as cert errors)
RE: Desktop PWAs capturing link clicks from within Chrome - group agreed installed apps will capture links
RE: Existing desktop shortcuts people have - these will be grandfathered into the new Desktop PWA system
RE: Badging icons with profile icon, unread count - group agreed on a design to do this
RE: Syncing installed Desktop PWAs - for UX reasons these will be synced between ChromeOS machines, not other desktop OSs
RE: Uninstalling Desktop PWAs - group would like to support Add / Remove Programs, in MVP they will be uninstalled from chrome://apps
RE: Supporting Desktop PWAs on macOS- discussion of issues (e.g. alt tab ~broken). Group agreed not to ship until we feel quality is high
Discussion of mgiuca’s SW navigate event proposal: docs.google.com/document/d/1jW…
^ this will help installed Desktop PWA tell the browser whether a link should open a new window or refocus and navigate an existing one
FIN! 😵
