Promising stuff!

Am I wrong in assuming this is big news for ChromeOS? While positive for the all reasons Apple's App Store is successful, isn't a computer's main source of applications coming from an app store like this a little scary. Apple already receives incredible flack for being so controlling. Do we want to be under similar heels? It could be structured like a Linux repository though. My conclusion: we need more details!

Seems like everyone is developing an app store, Apple, HP, Google, MS, etc. . . seems like the new way to find software. . . no more searching or going to sites that give good reviews lol

Remember the Net Neutrality picture we all hated, reality check its now wearing a costume. $.99 for a flash game I used to get on Addicting Games for free? Thats gone. There are deeper implications of all of these App Stores, they were fine for phones but dont try to integrate them with the web.

Why don't your headlines for the Apple's App Store don't read the same way as this one? "Blah Blah Blah Apple App Store (If You're Using an iPhone)" ??

So lame.

A middle-man for the internet?

Blah. Will never take off for mainstream, and will be a geeks-only thing.

Move along…

Since when using Chrome is a cost?

You might want to include this link!https://chrome.google.com/webstore

I wouldn't consider Chrome Web Store requiring chrome as a cost, but using chrome itself as well as other free software does have costs.

Consider Open Office. Much of the business world uses Microsoft Office. Changing users over to Open Office would require both IT time in physically changing the software, as well as training time, showing users how to actually use the software.

am a little confused; most of these things can already be done in the browser i.e. Gmail, games, and HTML5 is meant to make things even better, why the need for Apps?

The difference is that the iPhone is locked down. Unlocking aside, if Apple doesn't approve an app for distribution, it will never run on an iPhone.

On computers, there is no authority that has this power. You can get your flash games from one of the hundred flash game sites (none of which have to be approved by anyone), or download a native game from steam or download.com or pick it up at Best Buy, etc.

Worst case: if Google abuses its authority (which seems highly unlikely to me), then don't use their App store. Go get your apps wherever else you want.

This isn't related to net neutrality. Google isn't banning your access to addicting games nor are they charging your ISP money when you load the page in Chrome. All this is doing is giving developers another way to distribute their software.

Ultimately, the decision to use the chrome app store will be made by the software developers. If for some reason you are opposed to a new distribution medium, then I recommend you contact the people who write the games you like to play, and let them know they will no longer get your money/ad views if they use the chrome app store.

If i can get an app for free right now, it better still be free when ths rolls out minstream.
If I have to pay for a gmail app I won't gt it. If I have to to get gmail I will get a hotmail account.

It's not a new kind of application, merely a clarification. The term 'web site' is usually inaccurate these days. Any of those sites that connect to a database(or, for that matter use javascript) to do something dynamic are web applications.
This new store is simply a central place to showcase the best out there and make it easy to find them.

This is all in preparation to Google Web OS.

ick.

Chrome OS.

Of course you won't have to suddenly pay for Gmail if you currently use the free version. Talk about stupid. All it is is a central place to discover web applications. There's no way anyone(especially Google) would suddenly charge you when what they want is you to just use the application.
Of course though, if there was an awesome game out there that charges, they should absolutely still charge when this launches.

Simplicity. What makes the App Store so ingenious is that it's simple and transparent, whereas the game – for many, but probably not the majority here – can quickly be confusing and overwhelming.

Having an App store makes it much easier for the casual webuser to find what he or she is looking for.

Because everyone knows that the Apple App Store only has apps for iPhones and related devices.

Your complaint is a little premature. This is the first announcement of the Chrome Web Store. I think we can all use an initial introduction. If TC continues to add the parenthetical to every post about the Chrome Web Store in the future, you may have something to gripe about.

eek.

Google has finally lost the plot.

The browser environment is where it has to happen.

heirin lies the downfall of google, the bloated company with money thrown about in the wrong direction.

Maybe this concept of web apps will help push away our dependence on URLs, which I think tend to limit the web in many ways.

yeah, looks like a new way of googling things in the net. I guess Google will charge small fees for each dwonload proably. So a kind of alternative for paid adverts, too. Might work, at least to some degree. The first one – if does it right – can get some nice cash in this model, even more if nicely integrated with mobile versions.

You hit the nail on the head. This may or may not be a good thing however. Also, It has me wondering if adwords will take a hit from less google searches and more app store searches.

Lego Star Wars was not made using 'rich html5'!! Are you f'ing kidding me??
It was made using Unity3D.

How to make HTML5 sound awesome, lie!

4shared is future online hard drive for cloude OS's. As well as its supported by iphone and symbian

This is what Synaptic could have been if it took a more user-experience centered approach.

LEGO Star Wars was made using Unity3D, not HTML5!! By the way, it was created by Three Melons, from Argentina. Both of these facts deserve being mentioned in the article.

Google Now has an App store? Now that's more like it.

Actually, the web store will start on Google Chrome and will expand to other browsers once the technical issues are worked out. This will essentially become a repository of web applications available to just about any device with a compatible browser. This is the "Mother of all App stores" so to speak. This will be a one stop shop for any app you need and it will allow you to use that app across devices and platforms. There will still be a need for Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Windows, Mac, Linux, etc. apps, but this will allow for easy monetization and discoverability of great web apps that fit people's needs. Google has lots of projects, but they also have a lot of engineers. Google is much more dynamic than most companies, and is in fact almost a conglomerate of smaller companies working under the same name. All their services can be compatible because they are technically owned under the umbrella of Google, but each department does its own thing. This is what has made Google great. If they stay on the track they are on, they will be fine. If they start locking things down, then there will be problems.

Seems like everyone is developing an app store, Apple, HP, Google, MS, etc. . . seems like the new way to find software. . . no more searching or going to sites that give good reviews lol

Wow.. interesting,, will be waiting for it despratly…
i wish i knew the these programming stuff… but luckyly i have Softhouse… :)
This is great chance for all developers to cash their own softwares…..
Google is king as welways…!