Impressions from a first-time Mac user

Re:Impressions from a first-time Mac user by kitsunesoba on Monday April 11, 2022 @07:42PM (#30996677)

This is where the value of electron wrappers and web apps installed as PWAs comes in. It offloads app management duties from your browser and puts them back in the hands of the OS.

The former of those two can also get rid of redundant menubars (as seen in e.g. Figma) which is a nice bonus.

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Re:Impressions from a first-time Mac user by DiggyJohnson on Monday April 11, 2022 @07:50PM (#30996754)

Exactly. When the Electron-apps-are--awful-compared-to-desktop-apps conversation comes up, I'm always frustrsted to not see this perspective, because it really reframes the real potential value of Electron implementations away from (from this perspective, unfair) critical comparison to implementing internet services and applications as true desktop apps.

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Re:Impressions from a first-time Mac user by prmoustache on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @08:26AM (#31001664)

I quite like the epiphany / gnome-web functionnality to create "apps" out of separate website. Too bad it doesn't work with msteams and I wish firefox had that function as well so I can still use my extensions on thoses.

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Re:Impressions from a first-time Mac user by robszumski on Monday April 11, 2022 @08:50PM (#30997222)

I love doing this but my personal hell is when my Google account(s) are constantly signed out of my PWA for Meet, Chat, Work Gmail, Personal Gmail 1, Personal Gmail 2.

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