Monday, 22 August 2016 10:27

Chrome apps – RIP

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Chrome apps – RIP

Google’s Chrome is taking a different direction by announcing the end of app support for Windows, Mac, and Linux Web browsers.

Its justification is, “For a while there were certain experiences the Web couldn’t provide, such as working offline, sending notifications, and connecting to hardware. Today, approximately 1% of users on Windows, Mac, and Linux actively use Chrome packaged apps, and most hosted apps are already implemented as regular Web apps.”

Google is not abandoning Chrome apps just forcing them to move from packaged (offline) to hosted (online) and ultimately Chrome apps will only run on ChromeOS devices.

“Starting in late 2016, newly-published Chrome apps will only be available to users on Chrome OS. Existing Chrome apps will remain accessible on all platforms, and developers can continue to update them. Additional enhancements to the Chrome apps platform will apply only to Chrome OS devices, including kiosks.”

By 2018, Windows, Mac, and Linux “browsers” will no longer be able to load Chrome apps. If developers wish to maintain their packaged apps they must migrate them to the Web as hosted apps.

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Ray Shaw ray@im.com.au  has a passion for IT ever since building his first computer in 1980. He is a qualified journalist, hosted a consumer IT based radio program on ABC radio for 10 years, has developed world leading software for the events industry and is smart enough to no longer own a retail computer store!

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