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Re:Tell HN: Building a universal electron app for Mac is a c... by hyperupcall on Sunday October 30, 2022 @03:53PM (#33397983)
Safari heavily nerfs PWAs, making their use more questionable. It's possible that they also need more access to the underlying computer.
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Re:Tell HN: Building a universal electron app for Mac is a c... by xet7 on Sunday October 30, 2022 @08:53PM (#33400771)
Really? I'll test. Usually PWA icon is added this way:

https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/PWA

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Re:Tell HN: Building a universal electron app for Mac is a c... by fragmede on Sunday October 30, 2022 @09:09PM (#33400856)
Yes - but users are used to installing things from the app store, so the PWA flow is unfamiliar.
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Re:Tell HN: Building a universal electron app for Mac is a c... by cercatrova on Sunday October 30, 2022 @10:38PM (#33401460)
In iOS, sure, but macOS? Most people I know install stuff outside the app store, it's still the case that many apps come as a dmg that you open and drag the app into the Applications folder.
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