Recenze doplňku Progressive Web Apps for Firefox
Progressive Web Apps for Firefox od Filip Štamcar
Recenze od uživatele Ded10c
Hodnocení: 5 z 5
od uživatele Ded10c, před 2 letyWhen I finally got sick enough of Edge to migrate my work PC to Firefox, being able to use Power Platform apps as PWAs instead of having them fill my browser with tabs was the one of the two things I missed. Between this and Sidebery, both features are covered to such an extent that going back to what I was missing now would be a significant step down.
Privacy was one of the main reasons I moved to Firefox, and I expected PWAs to be a necessary sacrifice in the name of effective isolation, but this extension supports all my existing extensions too: I'm able to supplement each app with uBlock, JShelter, LocalCDN, and whatever other site-specific extensions I might want to. PWAs run completely isolated from the main browser in their own shared instance of Firefox, and each can be set to launch on a specified profile - meaning I no longer need to think about Meta's cross site tracking seeing anything outside the profile I've set up to sandbox my Messenger PWA away from my Google Drive or Microsoft Office ones.
The PWAs are reliable and lightweight, and in my experience much better at handling their boundaries than their mainstream cousins - I've not had one kick me back to my main browser when I try to open a document yet, and they've had every opportunity.
PWAs for Firefox does have a more involved installation experience than most extensions and it can be a little bit finicky if you're working in a deployed environment - this is unfortunately by necessity, and I imagine most of the target audience are likely to be the sort of power user who has few qualms manually unpacking a Firefox installer. This is also the only thing I've encountered that even comes close to being a downside.
This took less than three hours to become an essential extension for me, and it's heartily recommended to anyone who prefers their convenience to come without a helping of tracking on the side.
Privacy was one of the main reasons I moved to Firefox, and I expected PWAs to be a necessary sacrifice in the name of effective isolation, but this extension supports all my existing extensions too: I'm able to supplement each app with uBlock, JShelter, LocalCDN, and whatever other site-specific extensions I might want to. PWAs run completely isolated from the main browser in their own shared instance of Firefox, and each can be set to launch on a specified profile - meaning I no longer need to think about Meta's cross site tracking seeing anything outside the profile I've set up to sandbox my Messenger PWA away from my Google Drive or Microsoft Office ones.
The PWAs are reliable and lightweight, and in my experience much better at handling their boundaries than their mainstream cousins - I've not had one kick me back to my main browser when I try to open a document yet, and they've had every opportunity.
PWAs for Firefox does have a more involved installation experience than most extensions and it can be a little bit finicky if you're working in a deployed environment - this is unfortunately by necessity, and I imagine most of the target audience are likely to be the sort of power user who has few qualms manually unpacking a Firefox installer. This is also the only thing I've encountered that even comes close to being a downside.
This took less than three hours to become an essential extension for me, and it's heartily recommended to anyone who prefers their convenience to come without a helping of tracking on the side.
276 recenzí
- Hodnocení: 5 z 5od uživatele Uživatel Firefoxu - 18475550, před 13 dny
- Hodnocení: 5 z 5od uživatele Misaka, před 17 dny
- Hodnocení: 5 z 5od uživatele tyleralbee, před 2 měsíci
- Hodnocení: 1 z 5od uživatele DAR, před 2 měsíci
- Hodnocení: 1 z 5od uživatele Uživatel Firefoxu - 15245456, před 2 měsíci
- Hodnocení: 5 z 5od uživatele Uživatel Firefoxu - 19014561, před 3 měsíci
- Hodnocení: 4 z 5od uživatele Pxtl, před 3 měsíciStill works well but the latest update degraded functionality a bit. Icons often have to be manually added to the PWA, and the Windows OS can no longer store persistent links to the PWA in the taskbar - "pin to taskbar" results in a link that gets invalidated every time FF starts. IIRC that feature used to work.
- Hodnocení: 3 z 5od uživatele ShahabRasekh, před 3 měsíciI like the app and i can run it on debian, but installing on Ubuntu isn't successful yet.
Odpověď vývojáře
zveřejněno před 2 měsíciIf you are using Snap-based Firefox on Ubuntu (which is the default), you might need some additional steps: https://pwasforfirefox.filips.si/help/faq/#why-doesnt-the-extension-find-the-native-connector-on-linux - Hodnocení: 5 z 5od uživatele Kay, před 3 měsíci
- Hodnocení: 5 z 5od uživatele Stefan, před 3 měsíci
- Hodnocení: 5 z 5od uživatele Uživatel Firefoxu - 13751407, před 3 měsíciWorking great! I can use multiple profiles to access the same website with alternative accounts, and I can sync all my Firefox apps to access there as well (uBlock and Bitwarden 🙏🏻).
- Hodnocení: 5 z 5od uživatele Alastal, před 3 měsíci
- Hodnocení: 5 z 5od uživatele Alex Trujillo, před 3 měsíciThis is great! It works much better than I expected.
I couldn't get the extension to work in Firefox installed via Snap on Ubuntu, but that doesn’t bother me at all.
Thank you! - Hodnocení: 5 z 5od uživatele lidi_a, před 3 měsíci
- Hodnocení: 5 z 5od uživatele ZwrvKrll, před 5 měsíci
- Hodnocení: 1 z 5od uživatele Cascais01, před 5 měsíciFirst time user: I successfully installed a PWA but when launch pressed only a blank page appeared.
Odpověď vývojáře
zveřejněno před 5 měsíciPlease check troubleshooting steps (https://pwasforfirefox.filips.si/help/troubleshooting/) and open an issue on GitHub with provided native and runtime logs. - Hodnocení: 5 z 5od uživatele Uživatel Firefoxu - 18596238, před 5 měsíci
- Hodnocení: 5 z 5od uživatele episteme promeneur, před 5 měsíciMarvellous. Very well integrated in kde menus
- Hodnocení: 5 z 5od uživatele Uživatel Firefoxu - 18882831, před 5 měsíciPWAs on Firefox – that's actually something I've wanted for a long time. I use them for MS Teams and, what can I say (?), at least as good as the variant that works with the other browser engine.
To all decision-makers at Mozilla: please reconsider your decision regarding support for PWAs. At the very least, you should praise Filip Štamcar and officially recommend his plugin. - Hodnocení: 5 z 5od uživatele Dexterix, před 5 měsíciThe last feature that I was missing in Firefox was PWA. Thank you!
- Hodnocení: 5 z 5od uživatele sayimburak, před 5 měsíci
- Hodnocení: 5 z 5od uživatele Uživatel Firefoxu - 14618035, před 5 měsíci
- Hodnocení: 5 z 5od uživatele c0des1ayr, před 6 měsíci
- Hodnocení: 3 z 5od uživatele Frozux, před 6 měsíci
- Hodnocení: 4 z 5od uživatele KSH, před 6 měsíciIt seems to work well but the update process is constant, and the extension itself does not seem to recognize if and when it needs updating.
Further it is unclear (from the user perspective) *WHAT EXACTLY* needs updating. There's the standalone install (what is that called?) -vs- the stuff that gets installed in the Firefox folder... and is there more? I've updated the standalone install but it still complains it needs to be updated - well OK then do it, I am not sure what else I am supposed to do?
As far as I can tell I am up to date - 2.14.1 [application installed in C:\Program Files (x86)], and extension is still at 2.13.3 on this very page, but the extension is complaining I still need to update.