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A standard already exists[1], widgets. Do a find/replace widgets with apps, then turn the xml spec to json and everyone will be happy.

[1]http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets/



There are various reasons why no one has chosen to implement that standard. My personal discomfort is that it basically punts on the security portion and leaves most of the scary stuff entirely at the discretion of the implementor. For that reason alone I personally think the spec is a non-starter.


Opera implemented it.




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