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Well but most (maybe all) of the apps that are listed in this post are not just bookmarks

• user24 16y ago
  1) Tweetdeck. An actual app! 2) Hootsuite. A bookmark to hootsuite.com 3) Aviary. A bookmark to http://goo.gl/VOFHH http://goo.gl/VOFHH which seems to work fine in Fx. 4) Box.net. A bookmark to http://goo.gl/Osbby http://goo.gl/Osbby which works fine in Fx. 5) nytimes. A bookmark to http://nytimes.com/chrome http://nytimes.com/chrome which works fine in Fx. 6) eBuddy. A bookmark to http://web.ebuddy.com/ http://web.ebuddy.com/ which works fine in Fx. Although it does open in a popup window if you install it on Chrome, so Firefox users will miss out on that feature. 7) Flixster. A bookmark to http://flixster.rottentomatoes.com/ http://flixster.rottentomatoes.com/ which works fine on Fx. 8) todo.ly A bookmark to http://todo.ly/chrome http://todo.ly/chrome which works fine on Fx. 9) Read Later Fast. An actual app! 10) Springpad. A bookmark to http://springpadit.com/chromestore.action http://springpadit.com/chromestore.action which works fine on Fx. 11) Fiabee. An actual app! So that's 3 out of 11 apps which aren't just bookmarks. edit: and of those which are actually apps, I think from a cursory glance that Read Later Fast is the only one which actually uses Chrome-specific features. The others seem initially at least to be 'apps' just because they can be. What's massively damaging is that the other 9 websites (sorry, 'apps') now have an excuse to not bother testing in other browsers, to allow bugs in other browsers. When really with a very minimal amount of effort they'd be able to be nice open web apps like we know and love.