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> a web app just doesn’t work very well when you want it open all the time. Pin tab, problem solved?

by runiq 10mo ago

Arainach 10mo ago
Now you have to switch apps to the browser, find which browser window has the session you want, switch to the tab, etc., instead of just switching to WhatsApp app via keyboard or taskbar directly. The ergonomics are significantly worse. I want most of my browser windows full screen. I don't want my instant messenger full screen. Using it in a browser means I have to have one size, and resizing one changes the other. The experience of using a native app is far superior.
- rkomorn 10mo ago
  I use the WhatsApp Web PWA and it allows me to have a dedicated window/app for it? Sure it's a little quirky at times (eg it closes if the browser restarts for update) and it doesn't have a system tray icon, but aside from that, it behaves like a separate app.
  - eviks 10mo ago
    > Sure it's a little quirky at times So it doesn't behave like a separate app.
    - rkomorn 10mo ago
      It does in the ways that seem important to GP based on their comment, and aside from restarting when the browser updates or other pedantry, it does.
- ptx 10mo ago
  Just open it in a separate browser window then? Different windows can have different sizes and get separate buttons in the taskbar. I guess if you're using Microsoft's ill-advised window grouping feature it would work less well (require more clicks), but breaking websites out into entirely separate programs just so we can have separate windows because Microsoft screwed up the window management functionality seems like a very inefficient workaround.
  - Arainach 10mo ago
    That still requires picking a specific window. If I have 6 browser windows I need to find the correct one of six. With a native app it's just alt+tab - or, if the app is pinned to the taskbar, Win+(1/2/3/4...)
omnifischer 10mo ago
No. People are stupid. They love when taskbar (rightbottom) is flooded with icons and constantly blink to disturb when using device while sucking tons of CPU/memory. /s

> a web app just doesn’t work very well when you want it open all the time. Pin tab, problem solved?

by runiq 10mo ago

> a web app just doesn’t work very well when you want it open all the time. Pin tab, problem solved?

Now you have to switch apps to the browser, find which browser window has the session you want, switch to the tab, etc., instead of just switching to WhatsApp app via keyboard or taskbar directly. The ergonomics are significantly worse. I want most of my browser windows full screen. I don't want my instant messenger full screen. Using it in a browser means I have to have one size, and resizing one changes the other. The experience of using a native app is far superior.

rkomorn 10mo ago
I use the WhatsApp Web PWA and it allows me to have a dedicated window/app for it? Sure it's a little quirky at times (eg it closes if the browser restarts for update) and it doesn't have a system tray icon, but aside from that, it behaves like a separate app.
- eviks 10mo ago
  > Sure it's a little quirky at times So it doesn't behave like a separate app.
  - rkomorn 10mo ago
    It does in the ways that seem important to GP based on their comment, and aside from restarting when the browser updates or other pedantry, it does.
ptx 10mo ago
Just open it in a separate browser window then? Different windows can have different sizes and get separate buttons in the taskbar. I guess if you're using Microsoft's ill-advised window grouping feature it would work less well (require more clicks), but breaking websites out into entirely separate programs just so we can have separate windows because Microsoft screwed up the window management functionality seems like a very inefficient workaround.
- Arainach 10mo ago
  That still requires picking a specific window. If I have 6 browser windows I need to find the correct one of six. With a native app it's just alt+tab - or, if the app is pinned to the taskbar, Win+(1/2/3/4...)

omnifischer 10mo ago

No. People are stupid. They love when taskbar (rightbottom) is flooded with icons and constantly blink to disturb when using device while sucking tons of CPU/memory. /s