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F1 will move towards using Browser Web Modules (WebMod). A WebMod is based on the service-discovery portion of Open Web Apps: a WebMod has a manifest which includes a list of supported services that the browser can hook into. The WebMod gets loaded into its own iframe and communicates with the browser using regular postMessage channels. The key difference between a full-blown OWA and a WebMod is that the WebMod iframe remains hidden, meaning it has no UI. A WebMod is effectively a postMessage-based javascript API. | F1 will move towards using Browser Web Modules (WebMod). A WebMod is based on the service-discovery portion of Open Web Apps: a WebMod has a manifest which includes a list of supported services that the browser can hook into. The WebMod gets loaded into its own iframe and communicates with the browser using regular postMessage channels. The key difference between a full-blown OWA and a WebMod is that the WebMod iframe remains hidden, meaning it has no UI. A WebMod is effectively a postMessage-based javascript API. | ||
F1 will be the proving ground for WebMods. Thus, | F1 will be the proving ground for WebMods. Thus, the complete WebMod architecture is described here. | ||
== Stage 1: An "app-like" model == | == Stage 1: An "app-like" model == | ||