If you Google "HTML5 manifest", you will see that HTML5 provides a mechanism to "install" web apps, so that they can be used offline. This, more or less, enables the concept of "local" apps on ChromeOS.
The advantage these "HTML5" local apps have over "smartphone-specific" local apps is that they can be "installed" on ANY device running ANY OS (smartphone, netbook, tablet, eReader, desktop, etc.), so long as the device utilizes a modern, HTML5 browser.
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If you Google "HTML5 manifest", you will see that HTML5 provides a mechanism to "install" web apps, so that they can be used offline. This, more or less, enables the concept of "local" apps on ChromeOS.
The advantage these "HTML5" local apps have over "smartphone-specific" local apps is that they can be "installed" on ANY device running ANY OS (smartphone, netbook, tablet, eReader, desktop, etc.), so long as the device utilizes a modern, HTML5 browser.