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

Apparently uninstalling apps is only easily available currently for Windows and Mac. You have to go through a somewhat manual kludge currently for Linux varieties.<p>edit: <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Marketplace/Mozillian_Preview#Uninstalling_an_Application" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.mozilla.org&#x2F;Marketplace&#x2F;Mozillian_Preview#Unins...</a>

Is this just a link to the Firefox OS marketplace? I had no idea these could be installed to the desktop, too.

The first I see is the irony vis-a-vis pre-firefox Mozilla. They had a similar system (I&#x27;m looking for the old book I had on it) using a widget set called XUL. I tried using it. It hurt.<p>I guess the lesson is one of:<p><pre><code> (1) don&#x27;t make complicated XML-based APIs (2) stick to standards (e.g., using HTML now instead of XUL) (3) if your system isn&#x27;t getting traction, retry in 10 years?</code></pre>

Is it possible to create a desktop app like this, for web sites of my choice, without using the Marketplace? It occurs to me that Firefox is very nearly able to provide a site-specific browser experience, like Fluid[1], but I&#x27;m not sure how to do it.<p>[1] <a href="http://fluidapp.com/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;fluidapp.com&#x2F;</a>

It&#x27;s a little embarrassing that the Soundcloud screenshot is of Chrome.

It&#x27;s not the best experience. When you install an app, you don&#x27;t really know where to go to use it. Atleast in Chrome, you see it pop into the apps screen.

First time i&#x27;ve seen this. Must have missed the announcement?

Thanks for the reminder. I actually used some apps early on but there weren&#x27;t many and somehow forgot about them. I&#x27;ll use some of these desktop apps more especially Wikipedia and SoundCloud.

I have been wishing for this ever since the company I work for standardized communication on Google Plus&#x2F;Hangouts (which I don&#x27;t normally use) with the company Gmail account (which I only use for this, so I&#x27;m not usually logged into it). :-&#x2F;<p>I can use Adium&#x27;s XMPP support for the plaintext IM stuff, but for Hangouts I have to keep the damn window open all the time, logged into the company account, or people won&#x27;t be able to call me. Every time someone calls, or I have to call someone, I have to hunt down the window&#x2F;tab where Plus lives.<p>Wrapping Plus&#x2F;Hangouts in an app would solve this for me. Anyone know if someone has done that with Firefox or Chrome (on a Mac)?

Sad that this PSA even needs to be written, but alas:<p><i></i>* NO, open web apps that run on Firefox and Chrome are in no way linked to non-standard markup languages like XUL. <i></i>*<p>Please disregard any users who have made this fallacious assertion.

Before Chrome and Firefox there is Pokki, which has been doing this for over 2 years. HTML, JavaScript, and CSS desktop apps, with App Store.<p><a href="http://developers.pokki.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;developers.pokki.com</a>

Wow just tried it out in Ubuntu, installed the free calculator and guess where you find the installed app? In the Dash. I did not imagine the integration is so great.<p>I definitely will look into Firefox apps now more closely.

Pulse app is really good and works like a native app. Never knew this worked for Desktop as well.