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[OLD - NOT WORKING] Install websites as standalone apps on your computer in one click.
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Deprecated ? #13

Closed AntoineTurmel closed 6 years ago

AntoineTurmel commented 8 years ago

I assume this won't work in future version of Firefox since apps installation will be deprecated ?

autonome commented 8 years ago

yep. I'll add a note to the repo and the AMO page.

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AntoineTurmel commented 8 years ago

Is there anything that will replace app installation in Firefox by any chance ? This was a cool feature :disappointed:

autonome commented 8 years ago

No, there's no planned official alternative except Progressive Web Apps. But there's no install-to-desktop plan for that on desktop browsers as far as I know.

I'd love to be able to use the application.ini functionality in the installed Firefox to replicate the lost functionality.

For example, here's some super old add-on code I wrote in the pre-Jetpack days:

function loadXULRunnerApp(aIniFile) { var binFile = null; var args = [];

var os = Cc["@mozilla.org/xre/app-info;1"].getService(Ci.nsIXULRuntime).OS;

if (os == "Linux") { binFile = Cc["@mozilla.org/file/local;1"]. createInstance(Ci.nsILocalFile); binFile.initWithPath("/bin/sh"); args.push("xulrunner"); } else { var ds = Cc["@mozilla.org/file/directory_service;1 "].getService(Ci.nsIProperties); var binDir = ds.get("XCurProcD", Ci.nsIFile); var binFile = binDir.clone(); if (os == "WINNT") binFile.append("firefox.exe"); else binFile.append("firefox-bin"); if (!binFile.exists()) Components.utils.reportError("Unable to find the executable!"); }

args.push("-app"); args.push(aIniFile.path);

var process = Cc["@mozilla.org/process/util;1"]. createInstance(Ci.nsIProcess); process.init(binFile); process.run(false, args, args.length); }

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