[Arainach]

Now you have to switch apps to the browser, find which browser window has the session you want, switch to the tab, etc., instead of just switching to WhatsApp app via keyboard or taskbar directly.

The ergonomics are significantly worse.

I want most of my browser windows full screen. I don't want my instant messenger full screen. Using it in a browser means I have to have one size, and resizing one changes the other.

The experience of using a native app is far superior.

[rkomorn]

I use the WhatsApp Web PWA and it allows me to have a dedicated window/app for it?

Sure it's a little quirky at times (eg it closes if the browser restarts for update) and it doesn't have a system tray icon, but aside from that, it behaves like a separate app.

[eviks]

> Sure it's a little quirky at times

So it doesn't behave like a separate app.

[rkomorn]

It does in the ways that seem important to GP based on their comment, and aside from restarting when the browser updates or other pedantry, it does.

[ptx]

Just open it in a separate browser window then? Different windows can have different sizes and get separate buttons in the taskbar.

I guess if you're using Microsoft's ill-advised window grouping feature it would work less well (require more clicks), but breaking websites out into entirely separate programs just so we can have separate windows because Microsoft screwed up the window management functionality seems like a very inefficient workaround.

[Arainach]

That still requires picking a specific window. If I have 6 browser windows I need to find the correct one of six.

With a native app it's just alt+tab - or, if the app is pinned to the taskbar, Win+(1/2/3/4...)