Daniel RubinoDec 22, 2022

I love progressive web apps (PWAs); hell, Mastodon makes one of the best ones (go to Preferences > Appearance and check to Enable advanced web interface to deliver a Tweetdeck-like experience).

The take here by @JezCorden on the progression of PWAs is interesting. #PWA #Mastodon #webdev

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/thanks-to-google-and-apples-dev-tax-web-apps-on-windows-pc-are-suddenly-getting-good

Thanks to Google and Apple's taxes, web apps on Windows PC are suddenly getting good

The web app revolution is coming to a desktop PC near you.

Windows Central
Show threadDaniel RubinoDec 22, 2022

And here is what Mastodon's website looks like as a PWA (using Microsoft Edge) when you enable the advanced web interface.

Brilliant. #PWA #Mastodon #webdev

Show threaddeltatux
@daniel_rubino

The Mastodon PWA has been pretty good, also supports push notification. Honestly, if you don't care about multi-account support & being able to resize the font, the Mastodon PWA works great on mobile as well. The Mastodon mobile app is really optional.
Dec 22, 2022 at 4:37pmWeb
Show threadTarkusDec 22, 2022

@deltatux @daniel_rubino

Yes, I use the PWA (Edge) on both desktop and mobile, and I love it!

Multi-account support isn't an issue for me yet, but probably will be at some point (I had five Twitter accounts, for various interests). So I hope that's addressed at some point.

Show threadGabriele PollaraDec 22, 2022
@deltatux @daniel_rubino glad you mentioned that. It was the font size thing that was winding me up re PWA on mobile. Couldn't get the size smaller!! 😱 Otherwise you're right, the PWA is near perfect, and of course no delay in getting version updates (some apps lag, in my brief experience).