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Parsing related_applications from Web Manifest

Category

Miscellaneous

Type

New or changed feature

Status

In developer trial (Behind a flag) (Chrome 44)

Intent stage

None

Summary

We will start parsing the related_applications key in the web manifest to display install banners as described in https://www.chromestatus.com/features/4540065577435136 https://github.com/slightlyoff/AppInstallImprovements/blob/master/explainer.md#offering-related-applications (see open pull request on the manifest spec: https://github.com/w3c/manifest/pull/344)

Standards & signals

• Firefox: No signal
• Safari: No signal
• Web developers: Positive
• Tracking bug: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=459839#makechanges

Docs: https://github.com/w3c/manifest/issues/326 https://github.com/w3c/manifest/pull/344

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