Dear Bhawani, Many platforms we use these days have both a Web interface separately and a dedicated app separately. This is true for Youtube also. You can access Youtube using the Web browser at http://www.youtube.com or you could download their dedicated App which gets installed into your computer's operating system and has a desktop shortcut and program manager icons like other apps do. There is usually also phone installer Apps for the phones also for the platform. The developer may employ different technologies which will also mean different levels of accessibility in each case, even for the same platform. Most of the time the Web-based interface is the best because it uses HTML which our screen-readers are very compatible with. Sometimes the Apps provide more functionality to access extended services provided by the business concerned, but sometimes the Apps themselves may lack accessibility so it's a trade-off between functionality and accessibility. So sometimes we may want to use the Web-based interface for some things, sometimes the phone App for other things and the computer App (Windows in most cases) for still other things related to the business offerings. Usually a combination like this is what's necessary for us to come close to sighted people's access of the full offerings. One last point on this I should cover is the desktop shortcuts you mentioned: It is possible to have a Desktop shortcut for the App itself, but also for the Web-Link to the web-page of the platform which will open from your default browser. Usually when you install the App the shortcut will refer to the App itself, but in some cases a shortcut to the Website can be placed on the desktop, and also you can manually create a shortcut yourself on the desktop that points to the Website address to be opened by your default Web browser. I hope I did not confuse you. If you need further clarification I'm happy to talk and perhaps explain better. Whatsapp: +27 82 291 6081.
Kind regards, Yamuna Jivana Dasa -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of BHAWANI SHANKAR VERMA Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2024 8:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [AI] difference between app installed and browsing Dear List and technical experts. What is the difference between opening the web page through google chroam and installed the web page as an application in windows desktop? for example, I opened youtube with chroam browser, it prompted me to install the page as application and i did it. now there is a shortcut "youtube" on my desktop and also in installed application list. I did the same for IRCTC and mobikwik web page. now what is the difference between twos. if there is no difference, then why google croam prompt to install it as application. regards, Bhawani -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/628a9c96-2201-4710-be41-3429a0e53e67%40gmail.com. -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/005e01da8a49%244c88f260%24e59ad720%24%40gmail.com.
