On 05/28/2012 03:03 AM, Gervase Markham wrote:
On 25/05/12 20:16, Anant Narayanan wrote:
These two are contradictory statements. The user has no way of knowing
where the app comes from by clicking an install button on a third party
page.
Surely that's a problem with our implementation and/or the spec?
Are you saying that we are coding up a system where users can install
apps without knowing where they come from?
Yes, but only if we remove the ability for developers to specify
installs_allowed_from. In the default case, we are trusting the site
listing the app (store, directory, etc.) to inform the user about where
the app is coming form.
BTW, I would - and thousands of sites do. Why would you stop them?
Perhaps the Firefox analogy isn't the right one because the user
actually gets a file which is the point at which the install actually
happens and is in Mozilla's control (downloading from the website was
not "installing firefox"). To correct my earlier question, would you be
comfortable with any random website be able to control the *installer*,
and in general, the install experience for Firefox?
I'm not sure that analogy holds either. If I am a store which wants to
list "my favourite free task-tracking apps", then when the user clicks
"install" and the install process (which is run by the UA) starts, the
progress of that process is out of my hands.
A better analogy (if you ignore the "payment" component which is
necessary in the real world of physical objects) is a number of
mail-order catalogues offering the same object from the same
manufacturer. They will have different "user experiences" in the
catalogues - different photos, different write-ups, etc. - but whoever
you order from, you always get the same thing. And I think that's fine.
Sure, let's go with this analogy. The key concept is that the
manufacturer has full control over who is able to distribute their
product. The Internet is no different.
-Anant
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