The Chrome Web Store
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
We believe it should be easier for users to discover web apps and for developers to reach a large audience. That’s why today at Google I/O, we announced the Chrome Web Store, an open marketplace for web apps.
Google Chrome users who find web apps in the store will be able to create convenient shortcuts in Chrome for easy access. Also, developers will have the option to easily sell their apps through the store using a convenient and secure payment system.
To give you a preview of what it means to prepare a web app for the store, we've published some preliminary documentation. We look forward to your feedback and sharing our progress with you openly as many of the technical details will likely change before we launch. To stay up-to-date, subscribe to our developer group and look for news on the Chromium blog.
The Chrome Web Store will be available to users later this year. We plan to share more technical details soon. In the meantime, visit chrome.google.com/webstore for more information.
42 comments:
mezo said...
great
chrome is the best
May 19, 2010 10:04 AM
Vince said...
Nice!
Good luck
May 19, 2010 10:05 AM
The MAZZTer said...
Nice, but "Store"? Store implies somewhere you go to purchase something, but I assume these will all be free apps like you make with Mozilla Prism or Chrome's similar built-in feature.
May 19, 2010 10:07 AM
Dewan M Ibtesham Shafi said...
This move is probably indicates a move towards the Chromium OS more and probably a tablet with that.
May 19, 2010 10:08 AM
Raj said...
Nice good luck Google...
May 19, 2010 10:08 AM
The MAZZTer said...
Yeah @Dewan I just looked at this more closely, I did see bug reports about Apps but I had assumed it was a Chrome OS thing and not for the browser itself. Cool.
May 19, 2010 10:09 AM
VICKY said...
its great
May 19, 2010 10:10 AM
Cetras said...
@The MAZZTer
They will be selling apps too.
May 19, 2010 10:11 AM
Suara Jemaat said...
Google never been sleeping :)) Excellent
May 19, 2010 10:15 AM
Richard M. said...
@The MAZZTer: Did you not read the post, it clearly states this is an actual store where devs can sale apps
developers will have the option to easily sell their apps through the store using a convenient and secure payment system.
I'm not sure I like the selling idea either but many devs are starting to ask for money/contributions to aid in app maintenance and development.
May 19, 2010 10:16 AM
P said...
google chrome is the best one and more faster on broswers too.
May 19, 2010 10:18 AM
kukgle said...
Great!!
I can't wait to see when Chrome web store got 20,00 apps.
May 19, 2010 10:18 AM
P said...
google chrome is the best one and more faster website broswers.
May 19, 2010 10:19 AM
spiderexpert said...
I just emailed this to Steve Jobs and he replied with
"Web OS is shit. It killed Palm faster and more viciously than we did.
Sent from my iPad."
May 19, 2010 10:20 AM
The MAZZTer said...
Is it just me, or does --enable-apps not actually do anything? I get an error that apps are not enabled when I try to load a quick test one I made on 6.0.401.1 on Windows.
May 19, 2010 10:20 AM
Prashant Pawan said...
Wait, what does buying a webapp mean? Paying to use a website?
And how are "shortcuts to webapps" different from bookmarks?
Also, where does this put Android market place?
May 19, 2010 10:23 AM
The MAZZTer said...
@Prashant All it is basically are webpages that can integrate with the desktop. Similar to Adobe AIR or Mozilla Prism if you are familiar with them. Chrome already had Prism-like functionality but Web Apps seem targeted as a more central Chrome feature.
May 19, 2010 10:33 AM
Ola said...
We have a website called http://alternativeto.net that has a pretty nice library of online apps.
Check it out. Hope you guys will release some kind of API so that we can get data from the store and provide links to buy apps and so on.
May 19, 2010 12:06 PM
dleeg910 said...
Very exciting indeed! Is there an ETA for the store to be available developers?
May 19, 2010 12:11 PM
Badr said...
Been trying to test this thing, but the --enable-apps is not working on my dev copy of chrome 6.0.401.1 I get an error that apps are not enabled. This happens with the "test" ones they made or any other I "test". Anyone has run into the same problem? This is on Chrome for Windows v.6.0.401.1
May 19, 2010 12:48 PM
Owen Campbell-Moore said...
You can try out an app right now in Chromium here: http://bit.ly/dxwDsd
May 19, 2010 1:21 PM
Tommy C said...
The best just got a ton better.
May 19, 2010 2:49 PM
Elijah Bailey said...
I will be watching this closely. Be paid developing apps on the web would be my thing. And damn, bring G to the "Tablet III Arena" match-up and I'll enjoy much of it.
May 19, 2010 2:57 PM
Diprotodon said...
"developers will have the option to easily sell their apps through the store using a convenient and secure payment system."
Selling paid apps on the Android Market is currently limited to developers in a handful of countries. I understand that this has been the situation for more than a year now and so far Google has provided no indication of when it will be opened up to others.
Will the Chrome Web Store also be limited to these chosen few countries, or will developers in other countries be able to sell apps there?
May 19, 2010 4:50 PM
Saleem said...
Its too bad that Google has chosen to be a copy cat and follower in the tech industry rather than a true innovator. Just look at there financials and everything they have done outside search is a flop. Now even in search and paid advertising they are losing ground to Microsoft and Yahoo.
Unfocused and unimaginative.
Ex Shareholder
May 19, 2010 5:25 PM
Renzo said...
OMG I can't wait!!!
May 19, 2010 7:29 PM
Varun Joshi. said...
@Saleem u're quite wrong, actually. Look at Google chrome, for instance. It led to modernization of all browsers with faster engines and optimized user interfaces...........
May 20, 2010 1:22 AM
jpvincent said...
will it be monitored/censored like the apple store ?
does the Chrome integration goes to autologin/register with a google account or is it just a shortcut to the site ?
May 20, 2010 1:40 AM
jpvincent said...
also : for the payment option, can we set up a regular fee ? like XX$ per month or per year ?
May 20, 2010 1:44 AM
goodys said...
nice!!!
May 20, 2010 7:00 AM
Can H. said...
Some of the examples can be seen and installed here:
http://domainrange.blogspot.com/2010/05/first-suite-of-chrome-applications.html
May 20, 2010 11:33 AM
popno said...
Where are the info about how much of the revenues the developers will get when developing and selling in the store?
I love Google, but ready, theyr products have SHITY help pages and info.
You should learn something with Apple who really know what developers want to know and instantly deliver the info on the keynotes.
Looks like if you wanna be a part of this new Google world you´ll have to pay for a fortune teller to tell you whats gonna be like.
May 20, 2010 12:59 PM
zheng said...
不错，软件应用的新纪元！
May 20, 2010 1:14 PM
OnlineMediaWatch said...
I really like chrome :) thanks guuys
May 20, 2010 10:16 PM
F624 said...
One thing that I must ask is if Google has plans for a way of extensively testing apps to ensure they will cause no harm to the user’s computer. I feel that a lot of people (including myself) will not download apps unless they are completely confident nothing will damage their computer. The multiple warning massages telling of the dangers of downloading things from the internet might scare people away. When people download Iphone apps they don’t go through the process of thinking “Do I completely trust the publisher, Will it harm my device, is it worth the risk?”. I think this chrome web store would be great only if people could browse and download web apps as carefree and confident as people download apps from the Iphone app store.
Still I think it is a excellent idea though!! : )
May 21, 2010 6:50 PM
DSNil said...
As I heard in the keynote that through chrome web store google is trying to promote an alternative for the developers to earn money , by selling their apps.For developer it'll be a great platform to reach millions of users.But I do agree with Dewan & Mazzter ,that, besides this monetization plan, this is actually a step forward towards the Chrome Os.
May 25, 2010 2:18 AM
hizlireklam said...
Nice goog luck
vrlex
May 25, 2010 2:47 PM
Asad Ali said...
That's awesome. No doubt about the fact that Chrome is the best web browser on the market. I'm looking forward to the release of Google Chrome OS and the Chrome Web Store and have already developed several web apps for it
May 26, 2010 12:10 PM
Yordan Davijour Stepanenko said...
Today I am leaving Firefox behind.
It's time for me to install Chrome at once.
May 26, 2010 5:28 PM
openid said...
good to know... I love the Chrome speed.
May 30, 2010 11:55 AM
HarryJackson said...
I really like chrome. Its really great
June 11, 2010 12:28 AM
sumitra said...
i'm a recent user, not very fluent in compter language but i use google chrome for all my search. it's so fast it really surprises me everytime i open it. great to have access to The Chrome Web Store. thanks GOOGLE.
September 23, 2010 9:10 AM
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