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Maybe a controversial opinion, but Lemmy is pretty great as a PWA (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by prof@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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So Jerboa broke on my phone just now and I didn't want to stop browsing Lemmy. Unfortunately no suitable alternative was found so I just decided to check if I could open it in my browser and install it.

To my surprise, it worked. And it works really well quite frankly. Sure, the UI is different, but I'm not at all missing any features.

Did any of you guys try it as well? What's your opinion?

If not, did you even know that was a possibility? It quite frankly never crossed my mind, because Reddit and other platforms always force you to use an app when you open them in a browser.

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[–] Noved@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ive been exclusively browsing on mobile web, same as I did reddit. This layout is much more user friendly forsure.

[–] dudeami0@lemmy.dudeami.win 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The benefit of not having half the screen devoted to trying to get you to download the app is a huge bonus.

[–] GuyDudeman@beehaw.org 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This Apollo-like webapp is new too, and I like it quite a bit: https://wefwef.app

[–] Elegast@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Holy shit that's sleek. Gonna give that a go for a while.

[–] whatyousaidontwitter@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's super cool! Too bad back in android doesn't work when it's a pwa, but it works as expected on a browser and it's very fluid!

[–] KLISHDFSDF@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

What doesn't work? I was just using it on Android as a PWA without problems. Only issue I could see is the top nav bar (where the notifications show) is gray vs black, which could be an easy fix. On Firefox if that makes a difference.

[–] ebike_enjoyer@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

Woah. This is a game changer. Thank you!

[–] Dee_Imaginarium@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

Same. Been using the mobile browser since day one and it has everything the desktop version has just in different spots. I don't see the need for a dedicated app tbh, unless they muck up the mobile version which I don't see happening... hopefully.