Is this feature not built into current version of chrome on linux?
On windows, you can go to any URL and in the "Customize and Control Chrome (the 3 vertical dots) and select "Add to desktop" select "open in new window" option. Chrome will then select the icon from the URL's favorite icon, and open the URL in menuless window.
I've added web console dump and caching. If you git checkout and run with qt5webview.py -u https://chat.cloudron.io/home -c the login screen pops up. The -c flag enables caching
Even having a shortcut on the desktop would be a reson.
Electron and similar technologies (not sure about this one) have APIs to integrate into the OS, and have access to notifications, filesystem, and lots of other components that are normalltly reserved yo native apps.
This allows devs to build a web app and port it to every platform without much effort (if any).
I was able to use a modern version of Skype this way, instead of the crappy native client that they haven't updated in years.
On windows, you can go to any URL and in the "Customize and Control Chrome (the 3 vertical dots) and select "Add to desktop" select "open in new window" option. Chrome will then select the icon from the URL's favorite icon, and open the URL in menuless window.
This has been a feature I believe since 2012.