Is the CoSo mobile app one of those "progressive web apps" I'm just now hearing about?
@misslovelymess I guess I did.
@rpardee Did you find it?
@misslovelymess Not sure what you mean--I have the app installed. Was there a launch video or something?
@rpardee No, I was making sure you could find the app on the app store.
@misslovelymess oh cool--thanks! Yup, I'm good on that score.
@rpardee don't know if it's actually a PWA that we could crate
PWAs are the way to go rather than installing apps i have used PWAs for ages on chromebook, with chrome, and Win10, with Brave, also have a few on Android via chrome/firefox
@ecksmc From the little bit of reading I've done they sound pretty cool. I've been dabbling in js development & am curious about doing up a simple one.
@rpardee it does depend on the actual site also
some sites after creating a PWA don't function the way they should
i have always had CoSo as a PWA on my laptops you get more "real estate" cause no address/bookmarks bar etc and all extensions work once created
same on mobile PWAs
chrome://flag you can set also so when you are on a site with PWA function chrome will then add a wee instal option in the address bar to tempt users to switch
or
chrome settings>more tools>create shortcut
@rpardee here is two posts i done about PWAs
https://counter.social/@ecksmc/105150180641566934
https://counter.social/@ecksmc/104198391960353545
posted a few using the tipsandtricks tag also if you are interested
@ecksmc oh cool--thanks!
One thing that PWAs are supposed to be able to do is notifications, which I don't think the CoSo app does currently. Not sure if they can be marked as a target for os-level "share" functionality. Right now on my (android) phone if I'm reading something & want to share it to CoSo I've got to use Tusky.
@ecksmc I also wonder if it wouldn't give the CoSo desktop experience a boost in terms of loading time...
@rpardee tbh loading time is roughly the same
saying that it has been a while since I tried a test of sorts I do mind doing it years ago when I first created my CoSo PWA I ran it in new tab and then in PWA there wasn't any significant time change in loading
it does give the desktop experience a much better experience all round that's for sure 👍
@ecksmc I was thinking lots of assets could be thrown into the cache for fast retrieval on subsequent visits. Not so?
@rpardee 👍
yeah J left out the notifications and share thing cause of privacy I think
once you set a PWA up on mobile say via chrome you go to chrome browser notifications settings via device settings - apps - chrome app - to set them on/off change to silent set tone etc then notifications via site will work
web browser on laptop just the same as in the browser you get the wee pop-up to allow notifications or not then it's down to the website settings you set if they have they settings
@rpardee You missed the launch?