[Systemic33]

I can recommend trying this out with the Spotify web app.

It is genuinely difficult to spot that it’s actually “just” a website.

When you lock windows while it’s playing it shows up with media details like album art, play/pause etc.

It is additionally “registered” in the start menu, and correct icons and windows taskbar behaviour is used, making it virtually indistinguishable from a native app.

[ComputerGuru]

To be pedantic, that is using a precursor to this model, with a UWP app hosting nothing but a web view. This would be similar but conceptually simpler and with less boilerplate.

[NikolaeVarius]

Its a terrible app though

[hizanberg]

Compared to what? What’s the best Desktop media player?

[7leafer]

foobar2000 + media player classic HC

[FpUser]

exactly what I use as well

[dmitrygr]

WinAmp

[jgalentine007]

It really whips the llama's ass!