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rebiots92 @lemmy.world

2y ago

Who uses web apps instead of native apps?

What apps would it be?

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Me. Now with voyager, formally wefwef
- Voyager is seriously the best example of a PWA I’ve ever seen.
  
  This is my first experience with a PWA and it is blowing my mind haha
- Came here to say the same. It’s honesty the best mobile app I’ve tried so far.
- I tried it but unfortunately swipe to go back gesture doesn’t work. It’s good but not good enough for me yet :/
  
  It does work as well as it can, but it’s sometimes a bit flakey. Sadly that’s Apple’s problem to fix.
  
  I’ll add a complaint. The upvote is too close to the comment button in compact mode.
- The only web app I use, well maybe a bit of HLTB, but only because it doesn't have an app last time I checked.

You can avoid ads if you use YouTube with the Vinegar extension.
- I use that, too. Also features Picture in Picture, background playback, and the default video player.
- Do extensions run if I save the pages as webapps? I haven't gotten 1password to appear in kbin so I've assumed they don't work
  
  what browser are you using? at least it works in firefox popups
  
  what browser are you using? at least it works in firefox popups
- I was completely unaware of Vinegar, so thank you very much for the info!
  Do you by any chance know if this will be affected by the YouTube Adblock ban?
  
  It cannot be
- It’s been a long time since I used YouTube in Safari because the quality just couldn’t compare to the app. Is it better nowadays?
  
  Honestly I’ll do anything if it anything that helps me avoid ads.

On Mac? All the time. Why the fuck would I install an app for a website?

Somewhat related: I made an iOS Shortcut that lets you customize the icons for web apps. YouTube is definitely in desperate need for that. Just run in on the website before adding it to the home screen.
Download Shortcut

Oh I use plenty… dict.cc; TikTok; Astroprint; Octoprint and Printables; Xing; LinkedIn; eBay; Etsy; AliExpress; Idealo; Chefkoch; pkmn.help (very beautiful web app btw…); and so on. I got rid of any App I don’t trust and/or where the web app gets the job done.
- Have you listed the web app for AliExpress? I can’t make the website name from the web app name.
  
  You mean what URL I am using?
  https://m.de.aliexpress.com
  That one works for me (it’s the German site). It’s not pretty at all, but at least it avoids installing the app.

Pretty much never, unless I don’t have a choice…
- Same here. Native or bust. I want my apps to use common gestures, key combinations, utilize operating system features like face recognition, have common os theming, obey system preferences like dark mode, and be available offline. Any app I use on the regular must be native (not even that Electron or React Native crap).

Not so much web apps saved to my home screen, but 95% of my web surfing on my iOS devices are through Safari. It’s mostly stuff like streaming services that I use the apps.

I use the Twitter web app, pretty much because I didn’t like how much data the app was collecting on my phone.

I tend not to because I hide all my apps and rely on Siri suggestions and Spotlight to access them. I used to have only one Home Screen with a large widget stack and the Siri app suggestion widget, but the Xbox Cloud Gaming web app is the only way to use it, so I have a second screen with just that on it

Phanpy for mastodon

I don’t really yet, I sometimes use the Google Meet PWA for work but that’s a bit of a pain in the ass.

Ron does.

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