Allow applications to request that the title of the document be shown

[marcoscaceres]

It would be nice for developers to have a means to request that the title of a document be shown when an application is running standalone.

Note: no user agent that we've looked at supports this.

Signals of interest: Mozilla.

[marcoscaceres]

Applications use different semiotic queues (e.g., their UX, including color schemes, layout, and other signs - such as a splash screen on launch) to convey to the user which application they are. As such, asking the UA to display the title of the application is fairly redundant (and would just eat up space on a mobile UI).

Where applications display a kind of title, this is usually coupled with other functionality - like searching, settings, etc. As already mentioned, constrained UIs on hand-held devices seem to make this a necessity.

Some examples:

Google Authenticator app, combines title with ℹ️ and a 📝 button.

BBC combines its logo with search, settings, and info:

I'm rejecting this feature request based on lack of use cases and strong examples.

LinkedIn combines its logo with notifications, and provides search and the ability to write a wall entry on the same title bar:

[marcoscaceres]

Just recording that application titles make sense, of course, in places like tab switching.

For example:

And of course, task switchers too. But requesting that it be shown explicitly by the dev doesn't seem to make much sense.