Type=Webapp

[Sparr]

I don't think you understood what I was saying. The package you linked to
*is* a local installation. There is no "web" involved in using that
package. It is conceptually identical to VSCode, just with python httpd and
epiphany instead of node and electron.

Maybe Type=Webapp would make sense for shortcuts that launch a browser
pointed at a website, but that's not what this is.

On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 10:47 PM Genghis Khan <genghiskhan at gmx.ca> wrote:

> Sparr,
>
>   Sure, ConverseJS not a simple local installation, and I don't think
> it intends to be installed locally, at least not on end-user type of
> systems.
>
>   A WebApp is a WebApp, regardless of complexity.  That being said,
> I see the result.
>
>   Eventually, I think, once Type=Webapp is implemented and Linux web
> browsers adopt WebApp-Mode, if needed, I guess that ConverseJS, and
> other webapps alike, will be widely available in local installations.
>
> Cheers,
>  --GK
>
> On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 12:13:46 -0700
> Sparr <sparr0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > While ConverseJS is available as a web app, that does not seem
> > relevant to the package you've linked. That package does not use the
> > actual hosted-on-the-internet web app. It deploys a local instance of
> > the conversejs codebase and connects to that with a local browser. In
> > effect, this is no different from apps like Visual Studio Code,
> > Slack, Discord, etc which package a browser (electron) and a backend
> > (usually javascript) that runs locally.
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 12:03 PM Genghis Khan <genghiskhan at gmx.ca>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Friends, good evening
> > >
> > >   Allow me to begin and state, that no matter how big an operation
> > > is and no matter which industry (i.e. Computing, Entertainment
> > > etc.), it appears that we ALWAYS HAVE TO make Trials & Errors in
> > > order for us to observe and see what we want for our audience, even
> > > in times we don't trust our own judgement.
> > >
> > >   I have stumbled upon an ArchLinux package[0] made specifically
> > > for a WebApp called Converse.js[1] by XMPP community members.
> > >
> > >   That package deploys Epiphany (A GNOME web browser) and npm (A
> > > package manager for javascript).
> > >
> > >   Regardless of what anyone thinks of the planning of that
> > > WebApp-specific-package, I think it might be a good call for
> > > considering Type=Webappn in .desktop launchers.
> > >
> > > [0]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/conversejs-epiphany-git/
> > > [1]: https://conversejs.org/
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > >   --GK
> > >
> > >
>
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