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An application that is accessed online, within a webpage. Since 12.10 Ubuntu is capable of integrating them with Unity desktop.

Web applications are websites or web pages that can be run as applications by themselves. These include Chrome/Firefox/Opera/etc webapps as well apps you host on (for example) your Ubuntu server.

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How do I remove a website from Ubuntu's web applications?

I thought I would try out the new webapps ppa and everything seems to be working fine. However, google reader now floods my messaging menu with all my feeds and turns the icon blue. How can I remove a specific site (google reader) from accessing…
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How do I use Ubuntu's web application integration?

I've read that Ubuntu will support web applications out of the box, how can I set this up on my computer to play with it?
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How do I develop an Ubuntu application in HTML and JS?

I am developing an app and I think HTML and JavaScript are better for the future, but I cannot find any tutorials (I need the app to use the system theme). Are there bindings for Unity, message menu and notification, couchdb and so on?
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What does "Would you like to install Twitter" mean?

Firefox in Ubuntu 12.10 pops up messages such as (similar messages for Reddit, Facebook, etc.): "Would you like to install Twitter for extra features and quicker access?" What do they mean? What exactly gets installed and where?
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Do Unity webapps work in Google Chrome?

I'm using the latest stable Chrome for Linux built from Google and I just installed the Unity WebApps preview. Unfortunately I can't figure out how to set it up. In tutorials I read that unity should ask me by itself to integrate a web app as soon…
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Remove Chrome shortcuts from app menu

Anyone knows how to remove "web apps" I made in Chrome using menu => extra => create shortcuts (no real Chrome apps) from the app menu in Ubuntu? When right-clicking on a normal app (Thunderbird in this case), I see this: I use Dutch language but I…
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How to run Thunderbird in the background?

I want to get instant notifications for new emails and I don't want to install and configure an extra program for that. Thunderbird shows notifications, so does Gmail webapp. But both of them work only as long as they are open and running (or…
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How do I get the browser to reask me to integrate with a website?

I'm using webapp integration and I accidentally clicked "No" when asked if I want to integrate with the website. How can I have Firefox or Chrome reask me to integrate the site with Ubuntu?
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How to get back unity webapps to firefox integration?

I can't believe that there was not a question or open issue for this before. I've recently installed ubuntu 14.04 along with my favourite webapps; and I, unfortunately, realised that they're not integrated with firefox/chromium anymore. Instead,…
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How can I remove Unity web apps?

I recently installed Ubuntu and all has been great, except for the web apps feature. I've tried adding a few web apps, but it's very buggy and not a very good experience. I'm also tired of being asked to add a website as an web app. How can I…
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How do I disable unity webapps notifications from popping up everytime I visit a supported webpage?

Every time i visit a website which supports unity webapp integration, a pop up dialog box out of the 'i' in the address bar appears which gets in my way and distracts me from what I am doing. I do not wish to click the always ignore drop down for…
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How do I completely remove Google Chrome apps (e.g. Postman) on Ubuntu 18.04?

I backed up my home directory from Ubuntu 14.04, installed Ubuntu 18.04 on a new PC, then restored my home directory. I went ahead and installed the native app following these instructions. Now I'm trying to remove the Chrome web app and I can't…
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Chromium (Snap) on Ubuntu 20.04 - Some webapp shortcuts not working - workaround

Just installed Ubuntu 20.04 and tried to get my favorite webapps (i.e. Google Calendar, WhatsApp Web) working again. Since Firefox removed this feature years ago, I'm now using Chromium for this. On 18.04 I could just head to my favorite website,…
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Is an online Ubuntu terminal emulator available?

I want to play around with some terminal commands from official Ubuntu packages, but at the moment I don't have access to an Ubuntu PC. Is there an online and free terminal emulator running, say, Ubuntu 16.04? I have tried this one but seems quite…
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How do you package HTML applications for Ubuntu Touch?

Gomobile talks about HTML5 applications but doesn't explain how to package or install them on Ubuntu Phone/Touch. Is the "Unity Webapps" stuff webapps the same for Ubuntu Touch? (API documentation here appears to be missing.) Or are there any…
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