On Thu, Nov 7, 2019, 09:50 Mike Sollanych <[email protected]> wrote:
> OK, so it says > > > Most browsers now provide a means of bookmarking a web application as a > shortcut on the desktop or home screen such that it behaves more like a > native application, lacks the normal URL bar, etc. In these cases, the > browser will often allow the application to take control of additional > keyboard shortcuts which would normally be reserved for the browser. If you > are running into this problem, or simply want to use Guacamole as if it > were a native application, this is definitely worth a try. > > This reminds me of Mozilla Prism, a standalone single-site browser that > you would launch with a given URL and it would limit navigation and have no > menus etc. to get in the way, so as to treat a web app like a desktop > application. > > However, a trip down the google rabbithole indicates this entire branch of > technology seems dead, replaced instead perhaps by Electron; but Electron > expects to access an application hosted locally, not something remote. > Maybe an iFrame could be used to provide this functionality... but then > this idea gets me into the business of building and deploying an > application on multiple platforms for my users. You can imagine that if > Guacamole was something I found promising to implement, it might be because > I want to do the exact opposite of maintaining client apps! :-) > Chrome provides the ability to bookmark a website as an app via: Dot menu -> More tools -> Create shortcut. Websites bookmarked in this way are then able to take greater control of the keyboard. I'm not sure what the desktop Firefox version of this would be, however Mobile Firefox provides the option via: Dot menu -> Page -> Add Page Shortcut. - Mike
