Google Web Store

The Google Chrome Web Store is Google's web-answer to the iPhone app store and the many other app stores that emerged. Web applications are nothing more than normal 'websites' with javascript functionality. Gmail is a web application, Facebook is a web application. The added value of the Web Store is that you can easily discover, rate and review web applications. For developers, the web store offers a framework to monetize your apps: you can launch a free trial, use in-app payments, use google's infrastructure to charge for your app, .... The goal is to get as many applications in the web store use advanced HTML5 functionality like offline support and advanced graphics. When this is realized, there will be no functional difference between web and desktop applications.

This video is from the event when the Google Chrome Web store was announced.