>> One thing which would obviate much of my trepidation about this would
>> be to provide a way to load an app via a URL.  That is, if I visit
>> "http://foo.com/my-app.zip";, I'll get a scary message (like we do now
>> for invalid certs), and can, by clicking through, "run" this trusted
>> app.
>
> So allow arbitrary websites to launch an app via the app:// scheme?  Or just 
> the ability to launch from the URL bar in the browser?

I was thinking just via the location bar (or via the web tools menu,
or whatever).

>> I could imagine this evolving into: If I navigate to that zip and
>> discover that it's signed by an app store I trust, I don't have to
>> click through the scary error message.  But I think that's a v2
>> feature.
>
> So the ability to run it off the web without installing it?  Haven't thought 
> about that.

Or a "temporary install" that lasts for the length of the browser
session, or whatever.

-Justin
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