@moonpiedumplings@programming.dev
2026-09-30 14:18 UTC
PWA’s in firefox are interesting. They are actually really well supported, just not visually/in the UX.
For example, if you visit wavemakercards.com or www.photopea.com once, they will then work offline. This is a big oart of the PWA featureset.
It’s because of this that there are unofficial extensions that let you “install” PWA’s like you can om chromium.
My personal theory, is that firefox is in the middle of very long UI rewrite/refactor, and only when it’s completed or nears completion, will we see features like vertical tabs, tab groups, or these other UI features people have been asking for for a while but have never gotten added.
Replies (2)
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@mofongo@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-09-30 16:52
Imo, they should pull the Zen browser features. It’ll really help it differentiate from Chrome while increasing usability.
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@buffalobuffalo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-09-30 16:55
I know a lotta apps do indeed make use of pwa stuff like local session storage. But for some strange reason, I got used to being able to open web apps in their own window from a desktop shortcut. I kinda miss being able to do that on Zen. Also I thought Firefox got vertical tabs recently? I know Zen has tab groups and is centered around having vertical tabs, like Arc. Amazing project with single dev, highly recommend checking out if you’ve never heard of it