Re: WebApps functionality

2020-04-20 Thread Michael Catanzaro
On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 12:43 pm, Jeremiah C. Foster wrote: Right, this is where we are as well since we want the default browser (Epiphany) to be sandboxed and flatpak is the current best practice. There are other alternatives that might be useful for containment but as you see the

Re: WebApps functionality

2020-04-20 Thread Jeremiah C. Foster via epiphany-list
Hello, Before I reply in-line, just wanted to say thanks Michael for your replies, they have been very helpful for understanding how web app creation works in Epiphany. On Wed, 2020-04-15 at 15:56 -0500, Michael Catanzaro wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 4:25 pm, Jeremiah C. Foster > wrote:

Re: WebApps functionality

2020-04-15 Thread Michael Catanzaro
On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 4:25 pm, Jeremiah C. Foster wrote: On Wed, 2020-04-15 at 14:22 -0500, Michael Catanzaro wrote: Well you must have some appstream metadata, or the web app will not appear in GNOME Software. But Epiphany itself never looks at the appstream metadata. I would

Re: WebApps functionality

2020-04-15 Thread Jeremiah C. Foster via epiphany-list
On Wed, 2020-04-15 at 14:22 -0500, Michael Catanzaro wrote: > Well you must have some appstream metadata, or the web app will not > appear in GNOME Software. But Epiphany itself never looks at the > appstream metadata. I would completely ignore that page of the spec > because none of that

Re: WebApps functionality

2020-04-15 Thread Michael Catanzaro
Well you must have some appstream metadata, or the web app will not appear in GNOME Software. But Epiphany itself never looks at the appstream metadata. I would completely ignore that page of the spec because none of that metadata will be used for anything. If you want web apps to have

Re: WebApps functionality

2020-04-15 Thread Jeremiah C. Foster via epiphany-list
On Wed, 2020-04-15 at 12:21 -0500, Michael Catanzaro wrote: > On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 12:12 pm, Michael Catanzaro > wrote: > > You can still distribute Epiphany web apps and install them in > > GNOME > > Software, just create a package that contains a desktop file, like > > this: > > Though

Re: WebApps functionality

2020-04-15 Thread David via epiphany-list
I sent an email in reply to Jeremiah C. Foster and didn't CC to epiphany-list (I'm not used to mailing lists). Coincidentally, Michael Catanzaro addressed a lot of what I said: On 15/04/20 17:55, David wrote: On 15/04/20 17:28, Jeremiah C. Foster via epiphany-list wrote: Using the distro

Re: WebApps functionality

2020-04-15 Thread Michael Catanzaro
On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 12:12 pm, Michael Catanzaro wrote: You can still distribute Epiphany web apps and install them in GNOME Software, just create a package that contains a desktop file, like this: Though don't copy the MimeType=text/plain; as that registers the app as a text editor for

Re: WebApps functionality

2020-04-15 Thread Michael Catanzaro
On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 12:28 pm, Jeremiah C. Foster via epiphany-list wrote: Using the distro package is smart, but it pushes users back to the command line because GNOME Software doesn't have support for Epiphany web apps. This means there are no icons viewable via GNOME Software, the app

Re: WebApps functionality

2020-04-15 Thread Adrian Perez de Castro
Hello, On Wed, 15 Apr 2020 12:28:12 -0400, "Jeremiah C. Foster via epiphany-list" wrote: > On Wed, 2020-04-15 at 17:35 +0200, Carlos Garcia Campos wrote: > > El mié, 15-04-2020 a las 11:25 -0400, Jeremiah C. Foster via > > epiphany- > > list escribió: > > > On Tue, 2020-04-14 at 15:46 -0500,

Re: WebApps functionality

2020-04-15 Thread Jeremiah C. Foster via epiphany-list
On Wed, 2020-04-15 at 17:35 +0200, Carlos Garcia Campos wrote: > El mié, 15-04-2020 a las 11:25 -0400, Jeremiah C. Foster via > epiphany- > list escribió: > > On Tue, 2020-04-14 at 15:46 -0500, Michael Catanzaro wrote: > > > Well we removed Epiphany web app support from GNOME Software, > > >

Re: WebApps functionality

2020-04-15 Thread Carlos Garcia Campos
El mié, 15-04-2020 a las 11:25 -0400, Jeremiah C. Foster via epiphany- list escribió: > On Tue, 2020-04-14 at 15:46 -0500, Michael Catanzaro wrote: > > Well we removed Epiphany web app support from GNOME Software, > > because > > it has never worked well. > > > > But Epiphany itself still

Re: WebApps functionality

2020-04-15 Thread Jeremiah C. Foster via epiphany-list
On Tue, 2020-04-14 at 15:46 -0500, Michael Catanzaro wrote: > Well we removed Epiphany web app support from GNOME Software, > because > it has never worked well. > > But Epiphany itself still supports creating web apps, except when > running under flatpak. Flatpak is the preferred way to

Re: WebApps functionality

2020-04-14 Thread Michael Catanzaro
Well we removed Epiphany web app support from GNOME Software, because it has never worked well. But Epiphany itself still supports creating web apps, except when running under flatpak. ___ epiphany-list mailing list epiphany-list@gnome.org

Re: WebApps functionality

2020-04-14 Thread Jeremiah C. Foster via epiphany-list
On Sun, 2020-04-12 at 11:48 -0500, Michael Catanzaro wrote: > On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 7:52 pm, David via epiphany-list > wrote: > > 5. Is there any interest in implementing such features? > > I don't plan to spend time on web apps anytime soon myself. Sorry. :/ It's my understanding that GNOME

Re: WebApps functionality

2020-04-12 Thread Michael Catanzaro
On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 7:52 pm, David via epiphany-list wrote: 5. Is there any interest in implementing such features? I don't plan to spend time on web apps anytime soon myself. Sorry. :/ ___ epiphany-list mailing list epiphany-list@gnome.org

WebApps functionality

2020-04-10 Thread David via epiphany-list
Hello. Since there seam to be no official forum-like place to discuss Epiphany, make suggestions to devs and ask questions, I'm writing an email that fits all three categories, about the WebApps feature. I find the feature quite amazing, it has the potencial to change how GNU/Linux users