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> Firefox has great support for pwas It doesn't support "installing" PWAs like native apps, and that's a core feature of PWAs, so no it does not have great sup

> Firefox has great support for pwas It doesn't support "installing" PWAs like native apps, and that's a core feature of PWAs, so no it does not have great support for PWAs > the name is horrible and damaging to Firefox so I'll probably not ship until that name is changed. I think you're being a bit harsh here. Sure, a more accurate name would be "PWA Installer for Firefox", but to say it's deceptively named is pretty hyperbolic.

ydlr 5y ago
What does it mean to install a webapp? Is it different than Firefox's "Add to Home" button?
- Daedren 5y ago
  That's what it is. But only Firefox Mobile supports it, this extension is about the desktop version.
- jeroenhd 5y ago
  Actually, on mobile it is. Which infuriates me more than it should. There are two ways to link to an application in Firefox: one just creates a shortcut ("Add to home") which opens the browser. The other opens a full screen application, like PWAs are designed to do. When I hit the install button, what I really want is the latter but occasionally PWA detection seems to fail and installs a shortcut instead. In desktop Firefox, Mozilla has decided to can this idea and not implement it. There was a bug open for this in bugzilla, but that was closed as WONTFIX.
- charsi 5y ago
  "Add to home screen" is the option you'll get if the web app doesn't have PWA support. If PWA is supported firefox mobile will show an "Install" option instead. This works more like a native app. When launched there will be no URL bar and the status bar will take the main colour of the PWA.
yawaramin 5y ago
When I see a name start with 'Firefox' I really do expect it to be from the team Firefox at Mozilla, and was genuinely expecting the link to have either the mozilla.org, firefox.com, or github.com/mozilla URLs. IMHO it's important to preserve the name recognition of the only open source browser that can compete with Chrome.
- nyuszika7h 5y ago
  If you were not aware of Mozilla dropping support for PWAs, it could potentially sound that way. But to me it was pretty clear that it's a third-party thing, because why the hell would Mozilla create a separate project to do this after they dropped support?
  - yawaramin 5y ago
    I'm talking about an immediate first-glance reaction, not an analytical 'stop and think about it for a minute' reaction.
brutal_chaos_ 5y ago
Not anymore is it hyperbolic. Not when you have product names like "Firefox Lockwise" and so forth. Firefox is now a brand name and also a browser name (horrible, horrible move by Mozilla, IMHO). So, FirefoxPWA is probably in some kind of IP violation.

ydlr 5y ago

What does it mean to install a webapp? Is it different than Firefox's "Add to Home" button?

Daedren 5y ago
That's what it is. But only Firefox Mobile supports it, this extension is about the desktop version.
jeroenhd 5y ago
Actually, on mobile it is. Which infuriates me more than it should. There are two ways to link to an application in Firefox: one just creates a shortcut ("Add to home") which opens the browser. The other opens a full screen application, like PWAs are designed to do. When I hit the install button, what I really want is the latter but occasionally PWA detection seems to fail and installs a shortcut instead. In desktop Firefox, Mozilla has decided to can this idea and not implement it. There was a bug open for this in bugzilla, but that was closed as WONTFIX.
charsi 5y ago
"Add to home screen" is the option you'll get if the web app doesn't have PWA support. If PWA is supported firefox mobile will show an "Install" option instead. This works more like a native app. When launched there will be no URL bar and the status bar will take the main colour of the PWA.

yawaramin 5y ago

When I see a name start with 'Firefox' I really do expect it to be from the team Firefox at Mozilla, and was genuinely expecting the link to have either the mozilla.org, firefox.com, or github.com/mozilla URLs. IMHO it's important to preserve the name recognition of the only open source browser that can compete with Chrome.

nyuszika7h 5y ago
If you were not aware of Mozilla dropping support for PWAs, it could potentially sound that way. But to me it was pretty clear that it's a third-party thing, because why the hell would Mozilla create a separate project to do this after they dropped support?
- yawaramin 5y ago
  I'm talking about an immediate first-glance reaction, not an analytical 'stop and think about it for a minute' reaction.

brutal_chaos_ 5y ago

Not anymore is it hyperbolic. Not when you have product names like "Firefox Lockwise" and so forth. Firefox is now a brand name and also a browser name (horrible, horrible move by Mozilla, IMHO). So, FirefoxPWA is probably in some kind of IP violation.