[wbharding]

Sure would be nice if Firefox desktop would join the browsers that support PWAs. We build an app that has been PWA-first, but it is unfortunate that this generally requires users to have a Chrome instance running. Would much rather point people to Firefox, and it seems like it would be to their advantage to give apps a reason to recommend FF, if they built a smoother PWA integration than Chrome.

[ctoth]

Mozilla's removal of SSB support (single-site browser[0]) which is the key missing piece here is completely mystifying.

I reckon that CEO salary has to come from somewhere though.

[0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/uwojh7/why_did_fir...

[taway789aaa6]

Agreed. On Firefox, if I navigate to the main page I can scroll and look at all the items. If I go to a sub-page, then back to the main page, I can no-longer scroll to see all of the "supported" features. :/

[amadeuspagel]

I don't understand the point of PWAs on desktop.

I find it much easier to open a website from the addressbar then to open an "app" using spotlight.

I always have a browser window open anyway.

[int_19h]

Same reason why you might prefer to use an app over a website in general. I use PWAs a lot on Windows, and for me the single biggest benefit is that they don't clutter my browser tabs, but instead show up as separate icons that I can Alt+Tab to, see in taskbar along with their notifications, move and resize the window as I see fit etc. Sure, I could also run them in separate browser windows, but then window management gets much messier.

[amadeuspagel]

But I don't prefer using an app over a website in general. For me, the biggest benefit of tabs is is that they don't clutter my task bar or my workspaces and that I can ctrl+tab through them.

[int_19h]

What does it even mean to "clutter" a taskbar if you exclusively use websites? i.e. what is the point of a taskbar devoid of apps other than the browser?

In-app tabs are supposed to be the second level of grouping, hence why it gets its own shortcut. What you're describing is an attempt to flatten that hierarchy, which is a valid approach, but why are you surprised that not everybody shares your enthusiasm for it?

[donmcronald]

Firefox on Android is worse experience than Chrome too, at least for this app. The app is harder to install (no prompt), the icon looks worse, and the icon has a Firefox badge on it.

I wonder if that's down to config for the PWA or a Firefox shortcoming. Anyone know?

[amadeuspagel]

> and the icon has a Firefox badge on it

This is something enforced by android. If every app was able to pin apps to the homescreen without such a badge, phishing would be too easy ... add something that looks like a bank app to the homescreen, get people to type in their password ...

It's not fair, since that's not true for chrome, but there's no obvious solution, other then I guess having some sort of "super trustworthy" status for a few other browsers like firefox.

[benkaiser]

At least with Nova launcher, you can "edit" a PWA icon once it's on the home screen and un-check the badge to make it look more seamless.

[tacone]

I really wish they would do that.