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minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoYou might think so but PWAs have been around for a long time and seen very little adoption.
minus-squaremuusemuuse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoThey haven’t been promoted or supported well until fairly recently. Also, Firefox is not compatible with PWAs but chrome, edge, and safari are.
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoThey’ve been well-supported for many years.
minus-squaremuusemuuse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoOpen Firefox and pin a PWA. I’ll wait.
minus-squarepirat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoDo you mean pin as in creating a shortcut to the webapp on the homescreen/launcher?
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoWait for what? I’ve done this many times.
minus-squaremuusemuuse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days agoFirefox doesn’t have PWA support. They pulled it years ago.
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoI don’t know about vanilla Firefox but I use IronFox and it works great so I suspect you’re wrong.
minus-squaremuusemuuse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoHoly crap, Firefox put it back in! https://www.askvg.com/enable-or-disable-pwa-support-and-add-tab-to-taskbar-button-in-firefox/
You might think so but PWAs have been around for a long time and seen very little adoption.
They haven’t been promoted or supported well until fairly recently. Also, Firefox is not compatible with PWAs but chrome, edge, and safari are.
They’ve been well-supported for many years.
Open Firefox and pin a PWA. I’ll wait.
Do you mean pin as in creating a shortcut to the webapp on the homescreen/launcher?
Wait for what? I’ve done this many times.
Firefox doesn’t have PWA support. They pulled it years ago.
I don’t know about vanilla Firefox but I use IronFox and it works great so I suspect you’re wrong.
Holy crap, Firefox put it back in! https://www.askvg.com/enable-or-disable-pwa-support-and-add-tab-to-taskbar-button-in-firefox/