"Chrome-style" Desktop Apps that work today in Firefox

Re:"Chrome-style" Desktop Apps that work today in Firefox by truebosko on Friday September 06, 2013 @06:54PM (#6343115)

It's not the best experience. When you install an app, you don't really know where to go to use it. Atleast in Chrome, you see it pop into the apps screen.

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Re:"Chrome-style" Desktop Apps that work today in Firefox by elktea on Friday September 06, 2013 @07:46PM (#6343271)

So where do you go? I've installed one and clicked through all of my menus and can't find it anywhere. It's not in my OS launcher either.

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Re:"Chrome-style" Desktop Apps that work today in Firefox by cvan on Friday September 06, 2013 @08:07PM (#6343345)

http://f.cl.ly/items/3Y203B2A3f0r3Y221T3j/appz.png

If you install the app from its detail page, there is a message telling you where the app now lives. The "Free" install button becomes a "Launch" button that opens the actual executable.

On the search results pages, we don't add any messaging. I've filed an enhancement bug to consider exposing this to users: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=913728

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Re:"Chrome-style" Desktop Apps that work today in Firefox by elktea on Friday September 06, 2013 @08:27PM (#6343401)

Thank you. I think it doesn't work on Fedora 19, my "Free" button never changes to "Launch".

edit: filed a bug

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Re:"Chrome-style" Desktop Apps that work today in Firefox by potch on Friday September 06, 2013 @08:39PM (#6343439)

Thanks for filing!

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Re:"Chrome-style" Desktop Apps that work today in Firefox by mburns on Friday September 06, 2013 @08:08PM (#6343347)

It is in your Applications folder.

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