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I haven't seen anyone mention the kbin native(?) app!? I tried it and it seems perfect and amazing? (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago by ivanafterall@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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I tried Jerboa briefly and couldn't get it to work well for me. Then I visited kbin on my phone's browser and was prompted to install the kbin app!? I haven't seen any references to it, but it's exactly what I wanted...? Has anybody else tried it?

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[–] Chozo@kbin.social 72 points 2 years ago (8 children)

The version you've installed is the PWA (Progressive Web App). It's effectively just a stripped-down browser window that loads the mobile site in its own dedicated "app" on your device, even though it's technically just a separate Chrome window.

For a lot of users, this may be all they need. But because it's just the mobile web page, you won't get any extra features that you might find with a dedicated app (like notifications or custom UI elements).

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Nice, I had a feeling it was something like that, but it's honestly really slick. I like it better than Jerboa, I think. It's all I need for casual browsing, commenting, etc...

[–] DoucheAsaurus@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Theres a web app for lemmy too, its in the style of apollo.

wefwef.app

https://wefwef.app/posts/lemmy.world/all

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