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Reviews for Progressive Web Apps for Firefox

Progressive Web Apps for Firefox by Filip Štamcar

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  • by Dat_Random_Fur, 3 months ago
  • by Jorge, 3 months ago
    In the last day, none of the PWA apps are opening. I followed the procedure recommended in the recent report here in the reviews, I installed the firefoxpwa-2.12.1-x86_64 version because I couldn't find the native installer that was mentioned on github, but it still didn't work.

    I believe this happened after this last update of Firefox (131.0 (64-bits)).

    also Win11

    Developer response

    posted 3 months ago
    Yes, it's related to Firefox 131 and has only been fixed in PWAsForFirefox 2.12.5.

    I can't link it directly because URLs are not allowed here, but if you go to the GitHub repository, you should see PWAsForFirefox 2.12.5 on the right side under the releases section. Then, open the release and you should be able to download firefoxpwa-2.12.5-x86_64.msi under the assets section.
  • by Phillip Simons, 3 months ago
  • by Guerrini, 3 months ago
    Didn't work. I only get blank windows for all apps I installed. (Win11).

    Update- Even after downloading the "firefoxpwa-2.12.5-x86_64.msi" I couldn't get it to work. I tried removing the extention and fresh installing, but no luck.

    Developer response

    posted 3 months ago
    Please download the native program v2.12.5 from GitHub releases in the repository (specifically,
    firefoxpwa-2.12.5-x86_64.msi).

    Update: If you still have problems after updating to 2.12.5, make sure that the native version mentioned in the extension settings (About the project) is also 2.12.5. If it's not, uninstall the native program from the system settings and try again. You can also try to run "Patch profiles and runtime" from the extension settings.
  • by Tim, 3 months ago
  • by Алексей, 3 months ago
  • by Firefox user 14720242, 4 months ago
    thank you so much for this, it solves several issues i had on streamlining pwa usage on my fedora/gnome.
  • by bten, 4 months ago
    Excellent extension for Linux machines.
  • by kio, 4 months ago
    very good
  • by xalente, 4 months ago
    Great extension. Though, weird issue happens to me when I pin them to the taskbar (Windows 11), it reverts to the Firefox icon. Also, it would be great in the future if we could add the web apps to the Windows Start Menu.

    Edit to answer the reply: Yes, the behavior (reverting to the Firefox icon when pinned to the taskbar) happens with all the web apps (I created 10).

    Developer response

    posted 4 months ago
    Does it happen with all PWAs or just specific ones? If it's just some, it might be because they're using SVG icons, which aren't fully supported currently. That will be fixed in the future.
  • by Firefox user 14789689, 4 months ago
    I was so very disappointed that I couldn't turn my favorite web based email program, which doesnt offer a desktop app, into a web app the way you can in MS Edge. After installing a couple of necessary support pieces .. this works like a CHARM! My Web based email now works as well as any desktop application.
  • by DK, 4 months ago
    Incredible. Shame on firefox for removing this feature. It sucks to have to run it as another service, but if it's the only way for this to work, then I'll continue using it. BIG THANK YOU to the developer. You're doing amazing work.
  • by Firefox user 18562428, 4 months ago
    Hasn't worked in a long time. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling, completely resetting, still constant issues that makes it not worth it. I still don't understand why this is even needed. All I want is the exact same functionality that used to exist and doesn't no reasons like reasons. All I want is the Google Messages icon pinned to my taskbar so I can text from my computer without finding the tab it's on. This should not be that difficult.
  • by Daniele, 4 months ago
    I installed the PWA but even if I install the deb package (OS Ubuntu 24.04 Firefox flatpak version) I cannot select the runtime installation

    Developer response

    posted 4 months ago
    Flatpak is not supported because it doesn't provide the necessary APIs yet. You can read more details here: https://pwasforfirefox.filips.si/help/faq/#why-doesnt-the-extension-find-the-native-connector-on-linux

    You will need to use normal Firefox (from Mozilla website or their DEB repository) instead.
  • by slucas, 4 months ago
  • by cakira, 4 months ago
  • by Glen, 4 months ago
    I do not understand why Mozilla stopped development on PWAs. This extension works really well once set up, and fills in this feature gap.
  • by Wynte, 5 months ago
  • by Enkouyami, 5 months ago
  • by anonlegio, 5 months ago
    Great Extension. This is part of my workflow now.

    I feel like this extension need to get more love from the community. Tremendous effort and work. Thank You.
  • by gabriel, 5 months ago
  • by Ezra, 5 months ago
  • by Barra Darcy, 6 months ago
    Great idea for an extension but every webapp opens in a new instance/window of FF and needs to be signed into even if you're signed in already on the main browser. This has huge potential and I'd love if someone fixed this:)
  • by JAcKFiDo, 6 months ago
    Very good! but firefox updates brake it :(

    Developer response

    posted 6 months ago
    Well, that shouldn't happen. It seems to work fine with all recent Firefox versions, including 127.0.2.
  • by A. TV, 6 months ago
    I would steer clear of this extension. It totally screwed my entire system. It took me hours to get it back to normal.

    Developer response

    posted 6 months ago
    That doesn't really make sense. If you have problems, please create an issue on GitHub.