parameter to assign default window width and height size

[Rex Tsai]

WebApp developer will need the parameter to set the default window size for Desktop, default 800x600 does not fit for all apps.

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

A default, hardcoded size sounds like a bad idea, as it won’t work on all screens. Would it be enough if the window dimensions were saved and restored across runs? I.e. the window would initially be 800×600 for the first run, and if the user resizes it, the new dimensions would be retained next time the app is started.

[Rex Tsai (chihchun)]

I think the developer need a parameter like the following is enough

$ webapp-container --geometry=80x50 http://www.google.com

Since they can not control the window size from javascript.

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

Rex, could you please comment on use cases for this? Also, you didn’t answer my suggestion in comment #1. Wouldn’t that be acceptable?

[Rex Tsai (chihchun)]

The use case is one of the developer like to run facebook messager or a small web radio in webapp-container, and the default hardcoded 800x600 does not work for every app.

So
1. The developer like to set a good size as the web site has been designed.
2. Yes, the user will love to have the window size been remembered.

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

Regarding 1. : Websites designed for a specific screen resolution are a thing from the past.

Regarding 2. : Good news then, Riccardo is already working on this: https://code.launchpad.net/~rpadovani/webbrowser-app/remember-height-width-destkop/+merge/256004