Hello TAG!

I'm requesting a TAG review of shortcuts member of Web App Manifest.

A number of operating systems offer a means by which authors add menu items to the app launcher icon itself. These provide quick access to key tasks for an app. Typically, these are exposed via a right click, long tap, or a similar context menu-triggering action. The list of shortcut actions often contains a mixture of static and dynamic shortcuts. Generally these number around 4–5, depending on the platform—or in the case of Android, the launcher—used. Adding these to the web platform provides an equivalent capability to native apps on many platforms.

• Explainer¹ (minimally containing user needs and example code): https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdgeExplainers/blob/master/Shortcuts/explainer.md
• Specification URL: https://w3c.github.io/manifest/#shortcuts-member
• Security and Privacy self-review²: https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdgeExplainers/blob/master/Shortcuts/security-privacy.md
• GitHub repo (if you prefer feedback filed there): https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdgeExplainers/tree/master/Shortcuts
• Primary contacts (and their relationship to the specification):
  • Aaron Gustafson (@aarongustafson), Microsoft
  • Kenneth Rohde Christiansen (@kenchris), Intel
  • Matt Giuca (@mgiuca), Google
  • Rahul Singh (@rahulsingh-msft), Microsoft
  • Rayan Kanso (@rayankans), Google
  • Jungkee Song (@jungkees), Microsoft
• Organization(s)/project(s) driving the specification: Microsoft, Intel, Google
• Key pieces of existing multi-stakeholder review or discussion of this specification: a discussion during TPAC 2019 including TAG members. See https://github.com/w3c/manifest/issues/782#issuecomment-533363985.
• External status/issue trackers for this specification (publicly visible, e.g. Chrome Status): https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5706099464339456

Further details:

• I have reviewed the TAG's API Design Principles
• The group where the work on this specification is currently being done: Web Applications Working Group
• Major unresolved issues with or opposition to this specification: N/A
• This work is being funded by: Microsoft, Intel, Google

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