Re: How to run an open web app on the desktop ?

[Chris Mills]

Hi Michel,

Sorry it’s taken so long to get a reply to you. Did you manage to find an answer? I was going to point you towards the se;f publishing options on MDN:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Marketplace/Options/Self_publishing

(writing your own install code, etc.)

But I’m assuming you’re just talking about rapid installation for testing?

Chris Mills
Senior tech writer || Mozilla
developer.mozilla.org || MDN
cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills



> On 18 Dec 2014, at 11:15, Michel Gutierrez <michel.g...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I feel a little stupid but i can find a way to do that anymore.
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> I have a fully fledged application that i install on my web server. I can use the AppManager/WebIDE to load the app on my FirefoxOS device or emulator, but i cannot execute it as a Firefox Desktop app.
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> As far as i remember, it used to be that as long as the web server served the app manifest with a Content-Type application/x-web-app-manifest+json, Firefox understood this was an app to be installed or updated. Now, it just asks me to save the file.
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> I read things about a webapprt application, but this doesn't seem to work and i can't find up-to-date documentation on this.
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> For information, the app manifest is located at https://app-21-mwa-vc-as-en.jocly.com/jocly.webapp with the entry point at https://app-21-mwa-vc-as-en.jocly.com/index.html
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> Thanks for your help.
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