Web Installs

[christianliebel]

I want to propose a breakout session to discuss web installs during TPAC.

Agenda

• beforeinstallprompt vs. navigator.install() (Web Install Explainer, PR) — discussion at [Web Install] duplicates BIP MicrosoftEdge/MSEdgeExplainers#1055
• Manifest ID requirement
• …

Participants

• It would be great to have participants from all vendors on board. @dmurph @diekus @marcoscaceres
• @apsociallife @drubino-mozilla It would be great if you and/or other Mozillians could join, given your current efforts to implement web installs in Firefox Desktop.

Context

• Web Install API Explainer
• (brand new ✨) Web Install API w3ctag/design-reviews#1051
• Discussion about requiring manifest ID
• The cross-browser future of Installable Web Apps (TPAC 2023)

[dmurph]

Do we have a goal of this talk?

[christianliebel]

Do we have a goal of this talk?

Ideally, we would find consensus on how we can drive this capability forward in an interoperable way.

[dmurph]

A quick thought:

I do think that installable now needs two definitions - installable by user and installable by dev. I believe that conclusion is still true for installable by user. However, I think it's appropriate to have more stringent requirements for installable by dev to make sure they are set up correctly for success.