Microsoft Removes Google’s Chrome Installer from the Windows Store

Re:Microsoft Removes Google’s Chrome Installer from the Wind... by Ari_Ugwu on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @06:49AM (#15968804)

100% this. They will also be treating PWA (progressive web apps) as first class citizens. Same as everyone else.

Honestly, I think if they would just buy Nox (https://www.bignox.com/) and bake it into Windows 10/S as a side channel in the Windows store they would start to control the PC narrative again.

I'm currently on a slick Dell XPS 13, using the linux subsystem _and_ android apps through NOX without issue. This is also my dev machine and I get 9 hours consistently.

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Re:Microsoft Removes Google’s Chrome Installer from the Wind... by nailer on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @08:50AM (#15969420)

Thanks. Using Windows 10 fast ring, PWA support is poor. Opening a pinned site in the taskbar for say, Olark, doesn't highlight the Olark taskbar item, but highlights the Edge item, and starts a bunch of unrelated tabs. Are they going to fix that?

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Re:Microsoft Removes Google’s Chrome Installer from the Wind... by Ari_Ugwu on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @07:23PM (#15975230)

To the best of my knowledge this will be PWAs delivered through the Windows Store. Not for example, Chrome/FireFox/Edge PWAs having better support within Windows.

As to what they'll fix/implement when. I only have my opinion which is - Microsoft has been chasing this dragon for sometime and they love to redefine and confuse terms as they go.

This link is the root of my confirmation bias though -> https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/142649/microsoft...

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