I am unclear what this is really. Extensions or more than that?

Google is a great company!

It's a push towards web apps and a web app store for Chrome. I kind of like it. I've always wanted a GOOD online IDE but when you have to code for IE, Firefox, etc, you're kind of limited to what you can do. Creating a app store might build the type of environment that will motivate developers to make those kind of apps. Only problem is that Chrome is still kind of niche — even though it's the best browse out IMO.

so, i gotta be in front of a laptop or desktop? no thx!

Times are a changin – looks like Google is going to pwn the 'app store' space.

whats the payment method for "paid" webapps? Standardized around Paypal and/or Google Checkout, or painful?

Game changer right here.

i guess these will be more like html5 apps using the html5 features like offline storage, web sockets, fonts etc etc that are being built into chrome.

This gives us a fantastic look into how Chrome OS will function.

this is closed source proprietary apps being hyped up cuz its from google.

Thanks for the sneak-peak

wow…seems Chrome OS is still on schedule…and it's looking good :)

this is just a riff on Web slices like IE. Weak.

I got the impression that these are apps specifically written by Google. Extensions are user submitted applications that are sort of like Firefox plugins; they're helpful apps for the browser that serve specific purposes. I imagine the apps Google itself will come out with will be back end stuff to improve performance, speed, etc, not to say there won't be front end ones, too.

We'll see.

Are they going to approve each and every application like Apple does? What is the commission? 70 – 30? or it is free?

Tell me more about lego star wars please!

Good games running in browsers – that I can't wait for! Don't talk to me about Wild Tangent.

The implications for a new Android-powered tablet are huge. Developers can make apps/programs for Chrome, which would work (with only slight adjustments) on the new tablet, which would also run Chrome. Genius! Everyone buys apps for tablets AND cell phones AND computers (Apple is missing this last one). Absolutely brilliant!

Why do we need both Chrome and Android? If someone sells a tablet PC, and I going to have a choice of Google OS?

The Chrome Web Store should provide a great discovery system for web apps. It should also create a great "marketplace", for web app developers to monetize their work.

In regards to the commission question, you should check out this article:http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/open...

Call me ignorant, but beyond advertising and visibility what is the advantage to developers? For paid apps specifically, will this basically play gatekeeper?

I don't understand what this concept of "WebApp" …I use Wave right now. It doesn't require anything installed. That's the beauty of "WebApps", you just point your browser to the url.

I really like the syncronized bookmarks in Chrome. Maybe WebApps need persistent data that needs to be persisted and can be syncd like their new bookmarks feature. You shouldn't need to install or buy anything for html5 stuff including web sockets.

What exactly needs to be installed and is it requesting permission to go outside the sandbox? Or has Chrome got a persistence area completely within the sandbox?

OMG! It looks like WIndows all over again. How can I say fugly???? Oh, it's fugly.

Think Chrome Apps will support AdBlock Plus? That is the only way I would make me switch from FF.

I'm assuming the only parts that would really need permission are the local storage and the Location API,
You really don't want to use a website where they can automatically figure out where you are without your permission, or leave data on your computer without you asking them to.
not to mention, you don't them filling your desktop with shortcuts just because you visted and the second part of that is making it feel like a natural application, because your "installing" it.

You definitely seem like a Steve Sieve guy. Enjoy living and seeing the world that Steve shows through his Sieve for the rest of your life.

So what? This is ugly and very simpleton. Google Chrome browser and OS -no thanks. Let Google now keep data on your apps just like they keep data on ALL your Google searches. Copies Apple just like Microsoft-no shame. I use Opera, Bing, and Mac OS and do not use Google products as little as possible.

web apps? hmm.. not sure if I would rather use them instead of regular desktop apps … I mean .. why would I want to have another tab open with the web app? can't wait to use these things though :D !!!

Web apps that only run in one company's browser? Google is now on equal footing with Apple in the "let's sidetrack the entire web for our own benefit" department.
Microsoft tried this years ago at the standards-code-plugin level years ago …"embrace and replace".

Trying to seal off top branded web experiences into pay-per-view channels at the browser-app level is practically criminal. This is the path to a whole new cheesy comcast, news corp set of monthly bills for the user. At least Apple gives you a shiney usable toy that works offline …these apps in a browser, then on Chromium in some other vendor's tablet with their take on UI, their store ….then if it's 3-4G device the carrier is in their.
What an unholy mess.

there is already adblock in chrome extension

This is a central place for developers of web apps to advertise and sell their apps. It has nothing to do with Slices.

How do you normally use a browser or local applications? Would you prefer using a phone? Google promo'ed a new version of GWT so that apps transition between desktop, tablet, and phone easily. Better?

As stated about five times in I|O, these are all HTML5 apps that will work in any browser. No one is sealing off anything. Some websites are not free. This gives developers an easy way to advertise and get revenue from these non-free sites.

bookmarks are essentially user chosen shortcuts. It's the persistence layer app that needs permission to install ie gears, then websites/webapps can just use it. My app store is the internet and any url I enter into my browser.

I thought the whole iPhone app thing was going to become an overkill of apps, but has succeeded primarily due to form factor issues.It just more convenient than using the browser on such a small screen.

Based on Android & this, I've come up with same equation that I did for MS vs. Apple for Google vs. Apple:

Google= cheap imitation of Apple. It's really that simple.

to quote GOOG "Because web apps listed in the Chrome Web Store are regular web applications, built with standard web tools, they can be used by anyone using a modern browser that supports these web technologies" straight from their page on the store chrome.google.com/webstore

You missed the part where the apps can run in any HTML5 compatible browser. The app launch page is unique to Chrome but it is not required.

Google = Cheap immitation of Apple

did I mention cheap & fugly!

visibility dude is the biggest thing, after all google.com is the first or 2nd most visited site on the planet.

google is the overlord and emperor of internet

yeah yeah like how Apple is copying multiasking, noise cancellation, tethering, adding 2nd cam, folders from Android.

Good IDE? Bespin?

This is just the beginning. Once the chrome is finally unleashed. Many will zip their mouths especially those fanboys who can't stop their mouth from squealing fugly'

My name is raghib

Let me know when Apple did launch an appstore for webapps ?
Oh, and by the way, do your iPhone allow you to put shortcuts, bookmark, widget on your desktop like on my android ? No, so shut up your mouth instead of saying bullsh*t

i guess these will be more like html5 apps using the html5 features like offline storage, web sockets, fonts etc etc that are being built into chrome.

Yes, of course it does.