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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[–] rasterweb@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've done this in Firefox on iOS but sadly the browser's back and forward arrows are not available and... I miss them!

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[–] WeDoTheWeirdStuff@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It has a lot of display quirks though. Hopefully it improves

[–] Xiphorang@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I visit here on my PC, but this is what I do for Mastodon on my phone, and it works great.

[–] nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Can’t pull up to refresh though

[–] Rubric@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

I’ve found the webpage-based nature of this site does work really well, but only really on Safari on iOS. Other browsers for iOS seem a bit buggy.

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