Type=Webapp

[Genghis Khan]

  This is exactly what I've understood.

  I didn't ask for Emmanuel's opinion, but I assume he would've find a
different way to make that package, if Type=Webapp and WebApp-mode in
browsers would be available.

  My comment remains.

--GK

On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 23:16:10 -0700
Sparr <sparr0 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> > > >
> > > >
> >