Closed Bug 701452 Opened 13 years ago Closed 11 years ago

Always link to app manifest URLs

Categories

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Public Pages, defect)

Product:
addons.mozilla.org Graveyard
Component:
Public Pages
Platform:
x86
macOS
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX
Milestone:
Q4 2011

People

(Reporter: kumar, Unassigned)

Details

Any app install button should be a link to the app's manifest URL.  This ensures we have a "web" of apps.  I.E. a spider friendly chain of discoverability.

Con: Exposing manifest URLs for premium apps means that 1) our receipt verification must absolutely work and 2) the app must be handling receipt verification correctly.

Pro: Let's not break the web!
Assignee: nobody → kumar.mcmillan
Target Milestone: --- → Q4 2011
I'm not super clear what we want done here.
when you right click on an app install button, you should be able to 'view http://server/manifest.webapp' in a new window just like a regular link. JS can stop propagation on that do the install stuff but linking to the manifest file keeps the web working as the web.
Removing myself from a bunch of old AMO bugs
Assignee: kumar.mcmillan → nobody
I'm not sure a spider following a link to a .manifest file helps anyone.  I don't mind, but I don't know who it is helping...

Closing since it's not an AMO bug anymore.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Product: addons.mozilla.org → addons.mozilla.org Graveyard
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