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I’ve used Nativefier for years and am excited for this new feature described in the release notes: > Web apps let you use any website like an app, complete wit

I’ve used Nativefier for years and am excited for this new feature described in the release notes: > Web apps let you use any website like an app, complete with an icon in the Dock for faster access and a simplified toolbar for easier browsing.

hu3 3y ago
Is that the PWA install feature thing? Windows/Chrome has that feature. For example accessing https://github.com https://github.com shows an install button, which creates icon for direct access and allows GitHub to have a dedicated window and notifications. https://i.imgur.com/IjxsMpA.png https://i.imgur.com/IjxsMpA.png
- Scharkenberg 3y ago
  Edge's implementation is better.
Obscurity4340 3y ago
Like Fluid, kinda
Y-bar 3y ago
Are these separate instances/containers with regards to cache and cookies and such? I would love to have this because I have multiple Atlassian accounts I need to juggle and it is a pain today.
- wilg 3y ago
  Safari (like Chrome) now has profiles for this also.
- deleted 3y ago
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- pram 3y ago
  Yes it has its own cookies etc
sccxy 3y ago
Chrome has supported those PWA shortcuts in macOS at least several years...
- ubercow13 3y ago
  But every time you opened one it would also open a separate Chrome window that you had to keep open, which made them kind of useless.
  - hu3 3y ago
    How so? I can close Chrome and any PWA application independently. None of them have to be kept open. Even for notifications, if I allow. And I just found out I can even cast the entire window to my TV, which is cool https://i.imgur.com/efF1moy.png https://i.imgur.com/efF1moy.png
    - fragmede 3y ago
      Total aside, but if you have a Mac laptop and an AppleTV, you can easily mirror or extend your desktop to that apple tv over wifi.
      - hu3 3y ago
        Yeah I've used that feature on my wife's mac, it's pretty cool.
      - bombcar 3y ago
        And Zoom can pretend to be an AirPlay destination so you can share your phone screen on a zoom call via your desktop. M
kylehotchkiss 3y ago
The first app I enabled it for is Slack. The calling functionality doesn't seem enabled there but everything else looked and felt great. Finally, don't need to use all my cutting-edge tech's capabilities just to run a bunch of chromiums side by side.
deagle50 3y ago
First thing I did was set up Discord. 5x reduction in memory usage.

hu3 3y ago

Is that the PWA install feature thing? Windows/Chrome has that feature. For example accessing https://github.com https://github.com shows an install button, which creates icon for direct access and allows GitHub to have a dedicated window and notifications. https://i.imgur.com/IjxsMpA.png https://i.imgur.com/IjxsMpA.png

Scharkenberg 3y ago
Edge's implementation is better.

Obscurity4340 3y ago

Like Fluid, kinda

Y-bar 3y ago

Are these separate instances/containers with regards to cache and cookies and such? I would love to have this because I have multiple Atlassian accounts I need to juggle and it is a pain today.

wilg 3y ago
Safari (like Chrome) now has profiles for this also.
deleted 3y ago
[deleted]
pram 3y ago
Yes it has its own cookies etc

sccxy 3y ago

Chrome has supported those PWA shortcuts in macOS at least several years...

ubercow13 3y ago
But every time you opened one it would also open a separate Chrome window that you had to keep open, which made them kind of useless.
- hu3 3y ago
  How so? I can close Chrome and any PWA application independently. None of them have to be kept open. Even for notifications, if I allow. And I just found out I can even cast the entire window to my TV, which is cool https://i.imgur.com/efF1moy.png https://i.imgur.com/efF1moy.png
  - fragmede 3y ago
    Total aside, but if you have a Mac laptop and an AppleTV, you can easily mirror or extend your desktop to that apple tv over wifi.
    - hu3 3y ago
      Yeah I've used that feature on my wife's mac, it's pretty cool.
    - bombcar 3y ago
      And Zoom can pretend to be an AirPlay destination so you can share your phone screen on a zoom call via your desktop. M

kylehotchkiss 3y ago

The first app I enabled it for is Slack. The calling functionality doesn't seem enabled there but everything else looked and felt great. Finally, don't need to use all my cutting-edge tech's capabilities just to run a bunch of chromiums side by side.

deagle50 3y ago

First thing I did was set up Discord. 5x reduction in memory usage.