google-apps Web Tools
16

Convert a URL to Desktop Application

Posted by chrisfenner on Feb 22, 2010

Love these types of simple and easy tutorials: Convert a URL to a Desktop App!

Pretty simple, just follow these instructions:

Think this is a great idea for church websites, your blog, the list goes on! Hope you find this helpful and if not just plain cool!!

[HT: Mashable, Prism]

  • Buzz it!
  • Bookmark and Share

Leave a Reply

16 Responses to “Convert a URL to Desktop Application”

  1. darren
    Monday, February 22, 2010 at 3:04 pm

    This is something that can already be done with a baked in Google Chrome feature. While on a website you want to make a desktop app go to the page icon in the top right of chrome and then click on the “create application shortcut”. Voila!

    Reply
  2. mike
    Monday, February 22, 2010 at 3:06 pm

    Cool. I’m assuming that you can share these apps with friends & co-workers too right?

    Reply
  3. Jim Gray
    Monday, February 22, 2010 at 3:29 pm

    that’s hawt…already scheming…

    Reply
  4. Kyle Reed
    Monday, February 22, 2010 at 5:24 pm

    wow, great info. Doing it now for google reader

    Reply
  5. Nick Shoemaker
    Monday, February 22, 2010 at 5:28 pm

    sweet action! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  6. Stephen Bateman
    Monday, February 22, 2010 at 8:18 pm

    Is this feature available for PC as well? I knew about Fluid App’s, which since I have a mac are all I really need.

    Reply
  7. Scott Magdalein
    Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 12:22 am

    Prism! Heck yeah. Going old school!

    Also, for Mac, check out Fluid App. Lots of custom options and the developer is still really responsive and active. (He’s @itod on Twitter.)

    Reply
  8. Matches Malone
    Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 3:48 am

    Cranked up the volume full on both the video, and my computer itself, and it’s really hard to make out the audio. Probably just me, however, would it be possible to do a step by step written tutorial? Thanks!!!

    Reply
  9. Gabe Hoffman
    Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 9:07 am

    So for some reason the Prism link is down, and your link is right cause I googled it and found the same URL. Anyway, there is a firefox addon that will make this just a one click deal, in case that sounded too hard for anyone. Thanks for the video though.

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6665

    Reply
  10. Graham
    Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 6:37 pm

    Awesome! I created an app for all my Googleness! :) And of course ChurchCrunch :)

    Reply

  1. Desktop Application from Web URL’s via Google Chrome « Unfolding Neurons

    [...] came across this article on Church Crunch and thought, “this is something I’m already doing!” – but [...]

  2. I’m published.. well kinda! | Chris Fenner

    [...] over to ChurchCrunch and check out a small tourial i did! Super sweet if you ask [...]