The coolest new Hexbear feature is the INSTALL HEXBEAR pop-up that sits on top of my inbox (hexbear.net)

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[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

Why would I need a separate program to look at a website

[-] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's a link to Hexbear that opens in the browser from an icon on your homescreen, all browsers have this (like on Firefox for me in the pic below). Idk why your browser is asking you to do it though, lol

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

It's a PWA. On Android it's just a bookmark to the website in Chrome but with some extra features. I use Mastodon that way, it's way better than any of the apps

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Pwah...?

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Progressive Web Application. As I said, a website bookmark with extra dipping sauces that make it feel like an app (furthermore, many "full" apps are just embedded webviews anyway)

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

But it has less free range access to the OS than a regular which is good because it prevents scooping up so much data and is generally more controllable.

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