On Thursday, March 28, 2013 1:23:04 PM UTC-7, Kumar McMillan wrote:
> On Mar 28, 2013, at 3:10 PM, Mark Giffin <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > On 3/26/13 7:58 PM, [email protected] wrote:
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> >> On Tuesday, March 26, 2013 7:51:42 PM UTC, Mark Giffin wrote:
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> >>> Can it still be useful to detect that the app is running in the web
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> >>> runtime as described here:
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> >>> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Apps/FAQs/About_apps#How_can_my_app_detect_that_it_is_in_the_Web_runtime.3F
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> >>> Mark
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> >> window.locationbar.visible returns true for me when running in Web 
> >> runtime, contrary to what it states on the page you linked to.
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> > Hey Kumar, can you confirm this? If so I should change the docs.
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> I can confirm that the docs are incorrect. window.locationbar.visible is true 
> for me in the Web runtime as well. 
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> I think you have to combine a couple checks. In the Marketplace app we check 
> locationbar but also check the user agent and viewport to tell if it's on a 
> Firefox OS device. E.G. 
> https://github.com/mozilla/zamboni/blob/master/media/js/mkt/capabilities.js#L64
>  There might be a better way to do it.
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> Kumar

That's a bug if the locationbar is true within an app on Fx OS. I'd file a bug 
on this.
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