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Forgive my ignorance, but what makes these apps practically different from say, a bookmark? I find it hard to conceptualize these apps as little more than your
by bravetraveler 4y ago
Forgive my ignorance, but what makes these apps practically different from say, a bookmark?
I find it hard to conceptualize these apps as little more than your browser, but ever so slightly more pointed
- slantyyz 4y agoThey are just a bookmark, but on Windows, they become a first class citizen on your task bar. If you are the type to have a ton of tabs open across many windows, this also makes the "app" easier to spot. You can also pin the app to the taskbar and have it launch with Windows.
- bravetraveler 4y agoAh I see, thank you!
- vel0city 4y agoContinuing on with what the other poster said, when run as an "app" it then also eliminates the regular address bar and other buttons that are common on a full web browser so it "feels" more like a native app. There's also metadata that the app can use to add to the "jump list" feature of the Windows taskbar. You can then also get added as a target to "share" on Windows. There's a number of features that you get access to as an installed PWA at least on Windows compared to just being a webpage in the browser.
- bravetraveler 4y agoCool! I hadn't considered OS/Windows integration :) The more minified window sounds useful on my Linux installation, things like Slack randomly fall behind on Electron and stop working