Though Google has officially announced that they are going to open the Chrome Web Store later this year, it seems they are in a hurry to launch it sooner. They are taking the steps to get ready to launch sooner than they have announced. Developers can hook their applications up to the Google Checkout merchant accounts and there is also a way to preview how the application will look like in the store when it is live.
Google had announced in August that the Chrome Web Store would be launched in October this year but all the pieces are fitting together sooner than expected. The placeholder space for applications in the Chromium pops in and out of existence but the Web Store will be fully functional as it is a portion of the Extension online area.
Google has also put out a set of guidelines for what images the developers will need while uploading the application for display in the Chrome Web Store. There are also guidelines for icons, screen shots, header background and promotional images, which are only optional.
The Chrome Web Store main overview page appears to look similar to Apple’s App Store in iTunes. But, Google is showing an example of what the individual apps will look like and it looks simple and not so out of the ordinary.
Google had announced in August that the Chrome Web Store would be launched in October this year but all the pieces are fitting together sooner than expected. The placeholder space for applications in the Chromium pops in and out of existence but the Web Store will be fully functional as it is a portion of the Extension online area.
Google has also put out a set of guidelines for what images the developers will need while uploading the application for display in the Chrome Web Store. There are also guidelines for icons, screen shots, header background and promotional images, which are only optional.
The Chrome Web Store main overview page appears to look similar to Apple’s App Store in iTunes. But, Google is showing an example of what the individual apps will look like and it looks simple and not so out of the ordinary.
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