Richer UI install available for desktop

Re:Richer UI install available for desktop by jeroenhd on Thursday April 20, 2023 @05:20AM (#35637869)

I think it depends, looking at how many people are willing to go through the effort to run AltStore on their iPhones I'm sure there's a market for this stuff.

It's impossible to find the button to do this, though. Last time I tried to install a self hosted web app as a desktop app, I spent at least a minute searching through the menu options to find the right install button, and I knew it was there. If Chrome wants this feature to succeed, they need to make the UI much more accessible.

I'd say the same for Firefox but Firefox dropped installing PWAs on desktop all together. The mobile version still works (though you have no idea if you're creating a shortcut it installing a PWA until you open the link afterwards) but it's clear Mozilla isn't putting much effort towards web applications.

I'm running Chromium on my devices specifically because of the PWA issue on desktop, which really sucks. I wish I didn't have to but I guess I'm not Mozilla's target audience.

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Re:Richer UI install available for desktop by moussasissoko on Thursday April 20, 2023 @06:17AM (#35638126)

I am not trying to be snide, but AltStore has 300,000 monthly active users, among a total iPhone userbase of 1.36 billion meaning 0.02% of iPhone users have AltStore.

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Re:Richer UI install available for desktop by vbezhenar on Thursday April 20, 2023 @09:32AM (#35639640)

I think that there's JavaScript API for that. So for Chrome you'll just draw "Install me" button yourself and after user clicks on it, you call the API and Chrome will ask for confirmation.

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