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0 pointsfiddlerwoaroof5y ago0 comments

I like Slack and similar having their own icon and entry in the alt-tab switcher. Absent ubiquitous PWA support, electron is sort of the least bad alternative.

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mixmastamyk5y ago

Sounds like there is an opportunity for someone to provide a way to display an icon in the window manager that saves a gigabyte of RAM. :D

keithnz5y ago

ironically, windows just included this for Edge, you can alt tab between browser windows and you can put websites as taskbar apps ( and will also jump to all windows of the app easily as well)

fctorial5y ago

Chrome apps?

est315y ago

.lnk files. Or on Linux, .desktop files. Can contain an URL. You click it, a browser opens. The tech is decades old at this point.

mixmastamyk5y ago

I believe he meant an icon for the running window, not one on the desktop or menu.

ubercow135y ago

You can kind of do this with Chrome for any website. More tools->create shortcut in the menu.

crazyjncsu5y ago

We’ve used this for years as our answer to users who request a desktop app. They’re generally pleasantly surprised and satisfied with the result.

fiddlerwoaroofOP5y ago

Yeah, my experience is that these behave in unusual ways: it’s ok, but they always feel a bit off, even compared to Electron

aeyes5y ago

You have to design your site for this, back in the IE days we did this for some corporate tools and went full kiosk mode. The user didn't even know that it was a website.

StavrosK5y ago

Ah, fair point. Electron is a good fit for web apps that would otherwise live in a browser, I agree.

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mixmastamyk5y ago

Sounds like there is an opportunity for someone to provide a way to display an icon in the window manager that saves a gigabyte of RAM. :D

keithnz5y ago

ironically, windows just included this for Edge, you can alt tab between browser windows and you can put websites as taskbar apps ( and will also jump to all windows of the app easily as well)

fctorial5y ago

Chrome apps?

est315y ago

.lnk files. Or on Linux, .desktop files. Can contain an URL. You click it, a browser opens. The tech is decades old at this point.

mixmastamyk5y ago

I believe he meant an icon for the running window, not one on the desktop or menu.

ubercow135y ago

You can kind of do this with Chrome for any website. More tools->create shortcut in the menu.

crazyjncsu5y ago

We’ve used this for years as our answer to users who request a desktop app. They’re generally pleasantly surprised and satisfied with the result.

fiddlerwoaroofOP5y ago

Yeah, my experience is that these behave in unusual ways: it’s ok, but they always feel a bit off, even compared to Electron

aeyes5y ago

You have to design your site for this, back in the IE days we did this for some corporate tools and went full kiosk mode. The user didn't even know that it was a website.

StavrosK5y ago

Ah, fair point. Electron is a good fit for web apps that would otherwise live in a browser, I agree.

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