Re:Ask HN: What is the point of Chrome's web store?
by karterk on Saturday December 11, 2010 @10:14AM
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I know a lot of people are thrashing the chrome webstore (especially in the developer community) - and yes, it does seem ridiculous on the outset.
Some people have already mentioned the benefits for the users, but, even from the point of view of the developers, I feel that an "installable" web app (which is actually nothing but a bookmark) helps developers by putting the apps right in front of the users' eyes. It makes a lot of difference. As a normal bookmark, it will get buried - but when it sits in that extra special screen space as an icon - my gut feel says that users will tend to use it more.
Some people have already mentioned the benefits for the users, but, even from the point of view of the developers, I feel that an "installable" web app (which is actually nothing but a bookmark) helps developers by putting the apps right in front of the users' eyes. It makes a lot of difference. As a normal bookmark, it will get buried - but when it sits in that extra special screen space as an icon - my gut feel says that users will tend to use it more.