Why would I use a PWA on the desktop?
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superweeniehutjrs@lemmy.world 7 months ago
If you are concerned about things like PWAs like I was, try it out anyway. PWAs require a bit more setup, but are a lot more flexible in Firefox. For example, PWAs with http connections have a huge banner in Chrome, and just an icon in Firefox. Everything I’ve noticed is that firefox is just as snappy as Chrome
smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
superweeniehutjrs@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I mainly use them when I want something windowed but without tabs taking up space. Like monitoring my solar panels
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 7 months ago
Aesthetic and productivity. Which are good reasons.
Let’s say you access your company ERP system through a PWA, or the HR system. You want to alt tab back and forth to it like a regular app. You’re checking supplier data on the web and entering it on the system. It’s a lot easier to do so if your ERP is an app. But if it’s not available as a native app, PWA is a good alternative.
qaz@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I thought PWA’s didn’t work on Firefox. That’s good to know, because I’ve been using chromium specifically for PWA’s.
gila@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Same here, I tried the PWAsForFirefox extension a few years back and found the setup to be too much of a pain in the ass compared to the Chromium forks. I tried again around 9-12 months ago when Manifest V3 drama was making the rounds and found the extension had been overhauled and that’s no longer a problem. As a bonus each PWA is a self-contained browser instance, so performance is improved when only the PWA is open, and extensions are per-PWA. So I can run only Purple Adblock on my Twitch PWA, or only uBlock for Youtube, etc.
I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m using them heavily as well. Mostly good. Painful though when moving between computers as you have to set them up on each one. If they can get it to sync eventually that’d be handy.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 7 months ago
What PWA do you use? I think they’re a neat idea but I haven’t come up with an actual use case yet.
superweeniehutjrs@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Any idea how to get links clicked in a PWA like Google Messages to open in a normal browser tab? I’ve tried nothing.
gila@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Go to the PWA settings and enable “Open out-of-scope URLs in a default browser” and restart your PWAs.