As we discovered, you can go so far as to create desktop shortcuts for apps.

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Google Chrome users who find web apps in the store will be able to create convenient shortcuts in Chrome for easy access.

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It was created using macros - simple programs and shortcuts that users create to speed up use of the program.

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In those cases, gestures become the keyboard shortcuts of touch and begin to let you create applications that you play more than you use, almost like an instrument.

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