Re: feature request/feature discussion?

[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>]

On May 17, 2006, at 2:36 PM, Luis Villa wrote:
> ...
> Related to my email of last night, I'm wondering if there is a way
> (more likely, would it be possible to add a way) to launch epiphany
> without chrome (or with minimal, app-appropriate chrome) for more
> app-like behavior?
> ...
> Is it possible? If not, should I file a bug, or is it something that
> people wouldn't want to add?
> ...

The big issue would be security -- how do you tell whether this is the 
real application, or a phishing version, or a domain name hijack? At 
the moment, the only built-in defence browsers have against the latter 
two is (a) always displaying the domain name and (b) always displaying 
encryption status (as the padlock icon). This is why even those 
browsers that used to allow chromeless windows no longer do.
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/174401623>

You could argue that by "installing" the Web app into your Applications 
menu or equivalent, you're taking the same responsibility for 
vouchsafing its security as when you install a local application. But 
unlike local apps, a cracker can take over a Web app without you doing 
anything at all (the parallel to this is having to manually confirm 
installation of OS updates even when, as in Windows XP, they have 
downloaded in the background). And subverting your OS distributor's 
software repository is, one would hope, more difficult than cracking 
any individual Web application.

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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/