PWAs broke again. I think removing them from Firefox was a bad idea. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world to c/firefox@lemmy.world

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Chrome and Edge make it simple to 'install' pages, so they're easy to pin to the task bar. PWAs for Firefox gives that capability to Firefox, but it's a bit brittle, and breaks easily if Firefox updates. It's broken again for me tonight and the usual 'reinstall this reinstall that' hasn't fixed it.

In my opinion Firefox took a significant backwards step when they killed that feature years ago.

I appreciate I might not be the target audience for Lemmy since I'm half Windows half Unix, and a Gmail / Keep / Calendar / Facebook / Messenger user.

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[-] vzq@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

On the one hand, I agree that it’s a step back. In the other hand, I think it’s also partly a recognition that PWAs have not lived up to the promise and are essentially impossible to get right.

I’m sad for the slow languishing death of PWAs, but I’m not faulting FF for pulling the plug once it became clear it was a doomed endeavor.

[-] Thorry84@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago

Are PWAs dying though? I don't think they are. They are still very popular and I use several every day.

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