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chenxing

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Registered: 2011-03-06

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W-App: Real desktop applications from web pages (Google Tasks, Cal...)

Hello all, I'd like to share W-App, an application I wrote that can make a real desktop application from web pages. Every such application can have a desktop entry and a system tray icon. Desktop notifications, etc can be done via customization.

To try it, simply install "w-app-git" from AUR. You'll find "W-App" in menu or "wapp" on command line. Please be warned that the app is in its very early stage and only a few features are implemented. But still I want to share it now because I find it already very useful for me.

Currently, Google Calendar, Google Mail, Google Tasks and some Chinese apps are included as samples. You can also create a basic app from any URL easily. The fully customized app (with system notification, etc) is WebQQ, an easier-to-use API is still being developed to make more customized apps available.

A "Web App Store" can be established later so that user can share, browse and download customized apps easily.

For more details, please check http://code.google.com/p/w-app/ . For users who cannot access Google Code, a copy is hosted on GitHub

Feature requests and bug reports are strongly welcomed. Thanks!

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Last edited by chenxing (2012-08-27 00:51:36)

jasonwryan

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Re: W-App: Real desktop applications from web pages (Google Tasks, Cal...)

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chickenPie4tea

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Registered: 2012-08-21

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Re: W-App: Real desktop applications from web pages (Google Tasks, Cal...)

This is quite fun can't understand why not  a single coment!
It would not install from aur for me got message

:: Checking w-app-git integrity...
==> ERROR: Missing package() function in /tmp/pacaurtmp-dka/w-app-git/PKGBUILD
:: failed to verify w-app-git integrity

so I just git cloned and ran it from the clone dir, ./wapp

Last edited by chickenPie4tea (2015-04-23 08:42:29)

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cris9288

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Registered: 2013-01-07

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Re: W-App: Real desktop applications from web pages (Google Tasks, Cal...)

This is quite fun can't understand why not  a single coment!
It would not install from aur for me got message

:: Checking w-app-git integrity...
==> ERROR: Missing package() function in /tmp/pacaurtmp-dka/w-app-git/PKGBUILD
:: failed to verify w-app-git integrity

so I just git cloned and ran it from the clone dir, ./wapp

I think that means that you need to change the name of the build() function to package().