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  1. Eris Eris

    Actually, why AREN'T there any good Site-Specific Browsers out there for Windows? Or Linux(?)

    Saturday, 22-Dec-12 09:45:05 UTC from web
    1. Omni Omni

      @neurario Web (Epiphany) can do that for Linux. Probably others as well, but I can't recall any from the top of my head.

      Saturday, 22-Dec-12 09:47:56 UTC from web
      1. Eris Eris

        @omni Mmm. I know there are certainly browsers that can create shortcuts to sites, usually in their own window. I guess I have to admit I'm somewhat sad the rest of us don't have something like http://fluidapp.com/ - I'm sure Metro users would appreciate something that didn't show much UI even. Something that just felt separate from the browser. Is that a strange thing to wish for?

        Saturday, 22-Dec-12 09:53:49 UTC from web
        1. Omni Omni

          @neurario That's exactly what Web does for Linux, which perfectly integrates with GNOME3 (which I'm not using right now), and should integrate well with most other Linux desktop environments. If you click the button in the screenshot, it'll create a .desktop file which will be a desktop shortcut to to website opening with only a window border (assuming your Window Manager uses window borders) and no UI at all. I don't know any Windows equivalents, though. I know Mozilla used to have "Prism", which was something to do just that, but they discontinued it. http://ur1.ca/c87dv

          Saturday, 22-Dec-12 10:01:58 UTC from web
          1. Omni Omni

            @omni @neurario The apps in question will look a bit like this: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Wikipedia_Web_Application_%28Epiphany%29.png

            Saturday, 22-Dec-12 10:05:32 UTC from web
            1. Omni Omni

              @omni Under GNOME3, that is. The window border will obviously look different on other desktop environments.

              Saturday, 22-Dec-12 10:07:05 UTC from web
          2. Eris Eris

            @omni Good to know, I'll have to look at Epiphany when I get on Mint on my desktop later. The closest thing I have at my fingertips right now is the functionality within Chrome (in desktop mode). I just find it interesting that there aren't many browsers that do it. Not even IE10 in Immersive mode, which I find surprising considering what they're going for with Metro's full screen apps.

            Saturday, 22-Dec-12 10:06:47 UTC from web