735789 - Assign icons to natively-installed web apps that don't specify their own icons

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 746369

(Firefox Graveyard :: Web Apps, defect)

Description

[Tim Abraldes [:TimAbraldes] [:tabraldes]]

Apps that do not specify any icons will not currently have an icon assigned to them when being natively-installed.  This means that the OS will do whatever it normally does for apps with no icon.  On Windows, a default icon will be displayed in the taskbar and in the upper left corner of the window.  This may not be an ideal user experience, since seeing the default icon is usually an indication that something has gone wrong.

A few possible strategies:
  Create a default icon for natively-installed web apps that don't specify any icons.
  Use the favicon of the site where the app is hosted.
  Don't assign an icon to apps that don't specify their own icons (current approach).

Jen/Bryan: Please weigh in on whether assigning icons to natively-installed apps is appropriate/desired.

Comment 1

[Bryan Clark (DevTools PM) [:clarkbw]]

(In reply to Tim Abraldes from comment #0)
> Apps that do not specify any icons will not currently have an icon assigned
> to them when being natively-installed.  This means that the OS will do
> whatever it normally does for apps with no icon.  On Windows, a default icon
> will be displayed in the taskbar and in the upper left corner of the window.
> This may not be an ideal user experience, since seeing the default icon is
> usually an indication that something has gone wrong.
> 
> A few possible strategies:
>   Create a default icon for natively-installed web apps that don't specify
> any icons.

I don't think this is necessary but would be a nice touch of consistency later.

>   Use the favicon of the site where the app is hosted.

I would favor this approach as our fallback.

>   Don't assign an icon to apps that don't specify their own icons (current
> approach).

For now this works for me.

Comment 2

[:Felipe Gomes (needinfo for replies!)]

This was fixed in bug 746369 using the "use a default icon for apps that don't specify their own", as suggested by Fligtar on comment 7 on that bug.