Recently I've been seeing "install" popup next to address bar when visiting game on website

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when i visit my site, www.deftovers.com i get this "install" button where i can download it and run it locally? offline support is turned off.

the picture doesn't show it this time but sometimes the word "install" appears to the left of that icon.

I have other sites that do not do this. maybe this is some new option somewhere?

from my test it also seems to be specific to Chrome.. i don't see this happen in safari or firefox.

Thanks,

Caleb
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All Construct web exports are progressive web apps (PWA) that are eligible for installing as an app. IIRC the eligibility criteria changed fairly recently to be more relaxed and allow more types of pages to be installable, even if they don't provide offline support. This article explains the installability critera.
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Is there a way to disable this?

I mean there's no real harm in it doing this but it just seems like a distraction and maybe even concerning from visitors thinking this install is some kind of virus / malware..

Thanks,

Caleb
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I think if you delete the web app manifest (appmanifest.json) then it will never appear. I don't think there's any harm in leaving it though - I've seen install prompts even on major news websites.
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ok cool i'll give it a try. maybe this is something that could be a checkbox for exporting HTML projects like 'offline' option used to be in a future update?
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I don't personally see the harm in it or any reason to turn it off, so I don't think it warrants being in Construct's user interface.