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Does this mean that users will only be able to add the pwa from Safari or that when adding it from any browser it will always run with WebKit?
by pier25 3y ago
Does this mean that users will only be able to add the pwa from Safari or that when adding it from any browser it will always run with WebKit?
- wintermutestwin 3y agoGreat question. Orion is built on WebKit and works with firefox extensions (uBlock)
- lxgr 3y agoThat works (I suspect) because they run them as JavaScript in a different browsing context and have implemented some of the WebExtension APIs themselves on the backend, e.g. HTTP request filtering (which is one of uBlock's primary functions). That's a nifty workaround but not ideal, since it's not possible to actually provide all WebExtension APIs that way.
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- lilyball 3y agoPresumably that you can only add the PWA from Safari, because there does not exist any API to add a PWA from a third-party app.
- robertoandred 3y agoYes there does, other browsers already use it.
- robertoandred 3y agoOther browsers can already add PWAs. Presumably they'd just continue using WebKit to matter what engine the browser in question uses.
- pier25 3y ago> This means that all Home Screen web apps will still be powered by WebKit, regardless of whether the web app is added using Safari or not – exactly as it works today and has for years.