Google launches store for web apps

https://chrome.google.com/webstore

by marcusestes • 16 years ago

25 8 16 years ago

chrome.google.com

No special development toolset required, just publish a text file with the proper metadata and you're good to go. They're even planning an integrated payment system.

This could be huge.

btucker• 16 years ago

My knee jerk reaction is this is a giant step towards the web as we know it becoming "GoogleNet". I hope they get some sizable competition in this space.

alexro2• 16 years ago

No, I don't think so. Until the URL concept is dead, it will always be easier to promote your web site directly, via multiple reviews, affiliates, other software, etc etc. Google app store will be just one of these.

yanw• 16 years ago

It's HTML and javascript ffs, there is no lock-in.

alexro2• 16 years ago

I cannot see how the apps are meant to be "installable". Will Google run them on the AppEngine (or similar)? What if my app requires a set of services running on another machine?

pie2• 16 years ago

I think at the most basic level the "installation" process simply sets up shortcuts to existing web apps in Google Chrome.

There's the ability to install serverless (static file based) things too; the example given is browser-based games.

pie2• 16 years ago

More discussion going on over here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1361543

wazoox• 16 years ago

Hello back, proprietary software. I still don't like you, even with new clothes.

Google launches store for web apps

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