> Will the chrome web store _ever_ support other browsers?
It's very confusing.
On the one hand, it is the "Chrome Web Store". Not the "Google Web Store", which is what we can assume they would call it if it were meant for all browsers. Just like it isn't "Chrome Maps", it's "Google Maps". So the name implies it is Chrome-only.
On the other hand, it does say "we don't support your browser just yet", as you quote from there.
My bet is that they will never support other browsers, since apparently they allow applications into the Chrome store that use Chrome-specific technologies (NaCl, for example). So given that, the store's applications will not work in all browsers anyhow.
And that is kind of worrying. A chrome-only store for web apps is against the idea of an open web, where any website is accessible from any standards-compliant browser.
It's very confusing.
On the one hand, it is the "Chrome Web Store". Not the "Google Web Store", which is what we can assume they would call it if it were meant for all browsers. Just like it isn't "Chrome Maps", it's "Google Maps". So the name implies it is Chrome-only.
On the other hand, it does say "we don't support your browser just yet", as you quote from there.
My bet is that they will never support other browsers, since apparently they allow applications into the Chrome store that use Chrome-specific technologies (NaCl, for example). So given that, the store's applications will not work in all browsers anyhow.
And that is kind of worrying. A chrome-only store for web apps is against the idea of an open web, where any website is accessible from any standards-compliant browser.