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by justinschuh 5076 days ago
I don't use iOS, but Chrome has had "Create Application Shortcut" since I think version 1. The Chrome apps platform is very different from that, and probably more comparable to iOS or Android apps, or what Mozilla pursued with XULRunner.
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masklinn 5076 days ago
> I don't use iOS, but Chrome has had "Create Application Shortcut" since I think version 1.

Does "Create Application Shortcut" stuff work offline for compatible web applications, or does it just create a shortcut to a chromeless version (à la Fluid)? I can find no conclusive evidence towards the former by browsing.

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justinschuh 5076 days ago
the short answer is yes. The slighter longer answer is that the application shortcut is just some extra command-line parameters, and doesn't materially alter the workings of offline stuff like AppCache or LocalStorage.
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