Firefox is Finally Adding Support for Web Apps
Firefox is Finally Adding Support for Web Apps
A few months back Firefox announced it was finally adding support for Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) after years of ignoring its own user's requests to do
I don't really like the idea of stacking an OS on top of my OS tbh. Can't we just move back to native apps?
There's a lot of good reasons. Notably, web apps have better security by running within a browser container. And they run anywhere that has a standards-supporting browser. And most desirable to me, it obviates the need for Electron for many of the apps using it right now.
Oh, and most importantly for mobile, they are more privacy respecting than running e.g. the actual Facebook app.
Considering how long web app tools, single-site browsers and PWA integrations have been knocking around, Firefox’s proposed approach reads more like ‘minimum-viable product with minimum of effort’ than an innovative spin on the concept.
I sadly have the same read right now. Will try it when it's available, but I worry they're doing this for the "desktop PWA support" ribbon rather than for intentional UX reasons as they claim.