Lemmy Pro-tip for Chrome Users on Android
Need an app better than Jerboa? Go to Beehaw as normal in Chrome, then click the ... menu on the top right of Chrome. Look down and you'll see "Install App". (Edit: this option is normally not there for 99.9% of websites, I'm not taking about Add To Home Page) If you've got a free spot in your launcher a Lemmy icon will show up, otherwise look in your app drawer thing or whatever new apps show up.
This tech is called a "progressive web app" and it's not just a shortcut, because it then behaves like you'd expect an app to behave like.
Anyway, give it a try. A few other sites have this feature, but it's fairly rare and unfortunately underutilized.
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Firefox for Android also has this feature for anyone not using Chrome
I've been using this method for days now. It's really good.
I've been using Jerboa but just tried this and it works pretty well too!
I've been using Hermit to create lite versions of app.
pro tip for chrome users: use firefox...
That's a good idea! Very neat. Also, Jerboa just released a new update that's very good. But it's not on the play store yet I don't think. I got it from gethub.
Just use F-Droid
This is super useful. Thanks for the tip
It worked for me and I like it, thankyou.
I think this worked with safari on iPhone as well. Thanks for the tip.
Tried this with Chrome, Brave and Duck... All three just spin trying to login. 🤷♂️
@UniversalFlamingo @SomeGuyNamedPaul same with Opera,tried to sign in/up and just get the spinning circle... (my first post on Mastodon yey )
Following up. I got this to work by manually & painfully typing in my credentials like a savage. Apparently it doesn't like it when I paste from my password manager.