Re: WebApps functionality

["Jeremiah C. Foster" <jeremiah foster puri sm>]

On Wed, 2020-04-15 at 12:21 -0500, Michael Catanzaro wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 12:12 pm, Michael Catanzaro 
> <mcatanzaro gnome org> wrote:
> > You can still distribute Epiphany web apps and install them in
> > GNOME 
> > Software, just create a package that contains a desktop file, like 
> > this:
>
> Though don't copy the MimeType=text/plain; as that registers the app
> as 
> a text editor for opening text files. :P

It's more involved than that. You need to generate appstream data;
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/sect-Metadata-WebApplication.html

That spec is for creating a "web app" that can be treated as a first-
class app via various tools. What Epiphany seems to support is not so
much a web app as a "live bookmark" or similar. These are useful things
of course, but in many ways they lack app features.

Regards,

Jeremiah