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With a desktop app you can easily and quickly command-tab to it if you want to use it. In contrast with a web app it's often awkward and time consuming to find

With a desktop app you can easily and quickly command-tab to it if you want to use it. In contrast with a web app it's often awkward and time consuming to find the window/tab of the web app you're running amongst your other browser windows/tabs.

jackmodern 10y ago
Try fluidapp, solves that problem very quickly.
takno 10y ago
Chrome has that sorted already on android, where you can run up a site with a home screen link, different icon and separate listing in the task list. Given the work they've recently put in on full screen mode on desktop it looks like they're maybe a couple of versions away from having something similar on desktop
- tuxracer 10y ago
  Actually they're removing it on Android even :(
  - nsgi 10y ago
    Really? Thought support for that feature was increasing with the web app manifests. Do you have a source?
  - takno 10y ago
    They're actively adding features. It's a little more complex than it used to be with the manifest, and needing a service worker and encryption for a lot of features, but it's all still there
- nsgi 10y ago
  This used to be possible on desktop with create application shortcuts, but this feature seems to be gone now :(
  - powersurge360 10y ago
    Still there: Hamburger Menu -> More Tools -> Add to Desktop
    - yankcrime 10y ago
      This capability was removed from the OS X version of Chrome some time back.
      - powersurge360 10y ago
        Interesting. I saw it work as recently as a few weeks ago. Looking at the support article (here: https://support.google.com/chrome_webstore/answer/3060053?hl=en https://support.google.com/chrome_webstore/answer/3060053?hl...) it looks like OS X is the only platform where it no longer works. How strange.
- lucb1e 10y ago
  Chrome? I thought all browsers had it, my Symbian device did iirc as well as Firefox for Android.
  - takno 10y ago
    Firefox has it but it's not as tight yet. In particular it doesn't have a good splash screen experience or notifications on android
pritambaral 10y ago
Not really. Extract the web.whatsapp tab into its own window and now you can command-tab to it. ---- Plus, on my OS at least, I can even search for the window by its title. That, combined with workspaces, is an organizer's godsend.
- acchow 10y ago
  This isn't how cmd+tab works on a Mac. Do you mean alt+tab in Windows?
  - pritambaral 10y ago
    I don't really treat cmd+tab and cmd+` very differently, sorry. On my OS, both work: I can alt-` to cycle through windows of same application and alt+tab to cycle through each individual window (grouped by application); maybe that's given me the habit of treating alt+` merely as a filter on alt+tab. Oh! This is perhaps also why I get annoyed by cmd+tab on Macs!!
    - BozeWolf 10y ago
      Next tme on mac try cmd+' to cycle between windows of the same app(although im not sure, because it really is muscle memory). Cmd tab cycles through wndow groups? Or does it cycle through each window? Which wm on which os do you use? gnome kde or something else?
      - pritambaral 10y ago
        > Next time on mac try ... I do know how it works on Mac, it's just my muscles don't. > Which wm on which os do you use? gnome kde or something else? Kwin (from the KDE suite) on Arch Linux.

jackmodern 10y ago

Try fluidapp, solves that problem very quickly.

takno 10y ago

Chrome has that sorted already on android, where you can run up a site with a home screen link, different icon and separate listing in the task list. Given the work they've recently put in on full screen mode on desktop it looks like they're maybe a couple of versions away from having something similar on desktop

tuxracer 10y ago
Actually they're removing it on Android even :(
- nsgi 10y ago
  Really? Thought support for that feature was increasing with the web app manifests. Do you have a source?
- takno 10y ago
  They're actively adding features. It's a little more complex than it used to be with the manifest, and needing a service worker and encryption for a lot of features, but it's all still there
nsgi 10y ago
This used to be possible on desktop with create application shortcuts, but this feature seems to be gone now :(
- powersurge360 10y ago
  Still there: Hamburger Menu -> More Tools -> Add to Desktop
  - yankcrime 10y ago
    This capability was removed from the OS X version of Chrome some time back.
    - powersurge360 10y ago
      Interesting. I saw it work as recently as a few weeks ago. Looking at the support article (here: https://support.google.com/chrome_webstore/answer/3060053?hl=en https://support.google.com/chrome_webstore/answer/3060053?hl...) it looks like OS X is the only platform where it no longer works. How strange.
lucb1e 10y ago
Chrome? I thought all browsers had it, my Symbian device did iirc as well as Firefox for Android.
- takno 10y ago
  Firefox has it but it's not as tight yet. In particular it doesn't have a good splash screen experience or notifications on android

pritambaral 10y ago

Not really. Extract the web.whatsapp tab into its own window and now you can command-tab to it. ---- Plus, on my OS at least, I can even search for the window by its title. That, combined with workspaces, is an organizer's godsend.

acchow 10y ago
This isn't how cmd+tab works on a Mac. Do you mean alt+tab in Windows?
- pritambaral 10y ago
  I don't really treat cmd+tab and cmd+` very differently, sorry. On my OS, both work: I can alt-` to cycle through windows of same application and alt+tab to cycle through each individual window (grouped by application); maybe that's given me the habit of treating alt+` merely as a filter on alt+tab. Oh! This is perhaps also why I get annoyed by cmd+tab on Macs!!
  - BozeWolf 10y ago
    Next tme on mac try cmd+' to cycle between windows of the same app(although im not sure, because it really is muscle memory). Cmd tab cycles through wndow groups? Or does it cycle through each window? Which wm on which os do you use? gnome kde or something else?
    - pritambaral 10y ago
      > Next time on mac try ... I do know how it works on Mac, it's just my muscles don't. > Which wm on which os do you use? gnome kde or something else? Kwin (from the KDE suite) on Arch Linux.