Comment by izacus
3 years ago
Does Firefox support web apps via PWA APIs yet? That was one of the biggest issues I had with it on desktop - it removes the need for Electron and Mozilla just dropped the plans.
3 years ago
Does Firefox support web apps via PWA APIs yet? That was one of the biggest issues I had with it on desktop - it removes the need for Electron and Mozilla just dropped the plans.
No and it doesn't matter.
Electron is for lazy developers that cannot master Web widgets available for 30 years on mainstream OSes.
Or step out of their comfort zone into pure native applications, or background services making use of default browser for UI.
If people like myself have been able to master multiple native since decades, and also use such approaches during the dotcom boom, it is hardly an excuse for younger devs lacking such skills, other than laziness.
And yes, even MS, VSCode isn't as bad, as it relies on several external processes, renders into WebGL, and has the excuse they use it to sell services into Azure and Github, back at X-Windows/one UNIX development server.
I don't understand your first sentence - the if "Electron is for lazy developers", then you absolutely want Firefox to implement PWA support so webapps don't need it anymore?
I clearly explained that PWAs are not the solution on the following paragraphs.
In fact, they are a way to turn the Web into ChromeOS, mostly pushed by Google and Microsoft, as evolution from WinJS in Windows 8, and ChromeOS API.