I really like using PWA's but FF does not allow them. I have seen a PWA extension but it requires a whole bunch of Software be added to achieve it.
Is there any other solution without resorting to a Chromium based browser ?
I really like using PWA's but FF does not allow them. I have seen a PWA extension but it requires a whole bunch of Software be added to achieve it.
Is there any other solution without resorting to a Chromium based browser ?
9 Comments
simple@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
I haven't personally used it but a lot of people say the PWA for Firefox extension works pretty well. You do need to install a program to make it work but it should be seamless afterwards.
AletheCrow@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
BendyLemmy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
I can't see 'settings>share' in Firefox - and 'homescreen' sounds more like you're using some kind of mobile application than desktop...
Molecular0079@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
He's talking about desktop, where there's no built-in way to install PWAs. You're probably on Android?
AletheCrow@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
novioso@geddit.social · 1 pts · 3y
I’ve looked and haven’t found any options. I’m a macOS user, excited to see Apple embracing it for Safari finally, so maybe it will be coming to other WebKit browsers in the near future.
lolrepeatlol@fedia.io · 2 pts · 3y
Yeah, I'm also hoping that Apple's implementation can nudge Mozilla with adding native PWA support, especially given Apple's history with the web.
BendyLemmy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
I did go through a phase where I created webapps (and I do have webapp manager installed, so I can create a 'webapp' from any bookmark and with any installed browser.
I had a Webapp for BBC Sounds, another for Plex web, but in the end this is just opening a link without the UI. If the UI is an issue, I can just fullscreen it anyway.
Quite often, if I wanted to - for example - open my Gmail, I'd make the terrible mistake of opening the bookmark in the browser instead of opening the webapp.
And you know, quite often I never even noticed I was doing it!!!
As such it was deemed a waste of Firefox resources (because it had plenty of issues).
The only webapp I have now are for individual Google services which need to be opened in Chrome (due to microphone access etc).
BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 3y
No, because they dropped official support for PWAs in 2021.
lolrepeatlol@fedia.io · 1 pts · 3y
In fairness, they never had official support in the first place, what was in Firefox then was a very rudimentary implementation behind an about:config flag.