this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2023
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Apps are always nice, but lots of mobile websites, including the kbin one, are entirely functional as an app. In your browser you can just make a shortcut to them, and they'll appear on your home screen and act as an app.

In technical terms these are Progressive Web Apps, but it means you don't need to wait for someone to write an app (or kbin to have a good API for doing so) to use it like an app on your phone.

In Firefox it looks like this. Open the website, in the menu hit Install, drag the icon to your desktop. When you click on it it'll open the site like it's a standalone app.

Chrome is exactly the same, but the menu button is "Install App" instead.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've had this set up for a while. It's alright.

Some comments run off the right side of the screen, is there a setting that fixes this?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The PWA made with Firefox does that for me, but making it with chrome doesn't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I tried a few different browser and Samsung Internet seems to work the best.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I had the same issues with chrome. The only fix I've found is landscape mode

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's fine, but not great. It works in a pinch, but it doesn't feel nearly as smooth/integrated as a native app.