Google Drive only works with Chrome Web Store apps? Strange. SkyDrive has SDKs for Windows Phone, iOS and Android apps at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/live/ff621310
PS: Yes, I work on the SkyDrive developer platform. It doesn't change the truth.
PS: Yes, I work on the SkyDrive developer platform. It doesn't change the truth.
PS: I work at Google but don't have any inside info on this.
But once you have "installed" the web app, how would the API server have any idea whether a Google Drive API request was coming from a web server, some JavaScript running in a web browser, an Android app, or a remote island in the Pacific that has no electricity via the "IP over Avian Carriers" protocol? It's just HTTP requests with some authorization headers that tie it to your app's identity.
It ALSO has a Chrome interface to be clever. Picture opening a 1,000 page PDF. If the Chrome PDF Viewer knows how to fetch individual pages on demand, do searches on the server side, etc., it could be very nice for quick previews, etc.
Also, it works great for one content creator (who has the app on the desktop), and a bunch of content viewers (and commenters) who just need Chrome.