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by eertami 1888 days ago
I don't think keeping app shortcuts for SPAs is niche at all. I've seen plenty of people do it.

It is a much better user experience. With things like Gmail or WhatsApp Web I don't want them to be another browser tab, I want to be able to switch to it and control the windows with my window manager. I am never closing these windows, and trying to find them among open browser tabs in different browser windows is not fun.

Browser tabs are a not a good replacement for desktop window management.