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[Firefox Android] TIL how to make proper shortcuts for sites that don't support it (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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Let me explain: When trying to create homescreen shortcuts to URLs, some sites only give you the option to "install" as a progressive web app and remove the normal (and sane) option to merely "Add to home screen." This has annoyed me for so long because, on top of this, there's no way to rename app shortcuts in Android, so for a long time I haven't created a shortcut to my skiff email inbox because it would automatically name itself "react-client," which is aggravatingly obscure.

Just now, it suddenly occurred to me that if I totally disconnect from internet and enter the URL, then Firefox won't know that it's a site that can be used as a progressive web app. taps forehead

Sure enough, I now have a tidy little link called (smartly) "Skiff Mail."

Thought this information might be helpful to someone. Hope you all have a Mozillarific day!

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[–] DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The fact that we need to go to such lengths to do something so basic and rational drives me nuts. They keep taking away choice in order to appeal to the lowest common denominator and guess what, they're making people tech illiterate as a result. Making this the shittiest cycle of tech

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

It's really aggravvating, yeah. Everything's been dumbed down.

Ironically, it makes it harder for people to use when they take away features or hide them in obscure places like about:config

It discourages anyone who actually knows the slightest bit about what they want to do.

Look what my ISP did to my network a while back. Same damn thing. "Some people are ignorant, so instead of educating them, we're going to make everyone suffer."