So after messing about with browsers a lot on many different versions of Linux, I have seen that Firefox and any forks of it, all have great touchscreen keyboard support, and the opposite for anything Chrome based.
But on any of these locked down Linux versions like Bazzite, we cant install the PWA packages that add PWA support to Firefox (It should support this by default, but that for another argument), I would love to see these packages as an install option along side the browser install selection, as its impossible to add these as a generic normie.
Although I prefer Brave over Firefox, it would be nice to have the choice to use Firefox with progressive web apps instead of Brave.
This is the package I would like to be either preinstalled, or an option from the welcome screen to install it along with Firefox or Firefox forks: GitHub - filips123/PWAsForFirefox: A tool to install, manage and use Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) in Mozilla Firefox
If anyone else has any thoughts, please post below.
I’m not sure how they compare, but I’ve been using Chromium to create standalone web apps for e.g. Google translate, YouTube, etc.
Yes, I already use Brave for this task, which is Chromium based, but as mentioned, any Chromium based browser will not trigger the virtual keyboard under Linux, only Firefox based browsers do, so it would be nice to have the this option added if you want to use a Firefox based browser.
This is not an issue for a desktop, HTPC or even a standard laptop, but is an issue with a tablet PC or a handheld game console, on all other standard Linux OS I just install this PWA package and use Firefox as there is no way to force the onscreen keyboard at all, I know we can on Bazzite, but its still annoying.
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I missed that part!
Hope you find a solution.
The WebApp manager has support for Firefox (but not the variants like Floorp and Zen) and the Chromium-ites (at the very least Vivaldi, Edge and Brave). Have you tried it already?
No I haven’t even heard of it, I’ll see if it will work on Bazzite.
All Chromium browsers generally have full PWA support already, but I’m specifically looking at Firefox for this request.
Okay, just tested the Webapp-Manager, this not a great experience, its much much worse than the PWA extension, the web apps that are created are awefully, menus popping in and out, swaping from right to left, the window doesnt really act like a PWA, more like a browser window that auto hides the address bar, also not sure what its doing with profiles, the experience on Brave is far better as well.
I stand by my request of needing the PWA extension packages to be including in order to make Firefox a more usable option, either that or Chrome based browsers need to figure out how to invoke the virtual keyboard.