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At @vivaldi.com we 😘 the Web, so making Web App installation more visible (on all platforms that don't think they own the machine that you paid for). I mocked up a design that I felt gives PWAs the prominence they deserve, and dev genius Filip loved it so much it's in an internal test build!

Bruce Lawson

@brucel.bsky.social

At @vivaldi.com we want the web to be the application platform of choice. So to make PWAs more "native" on Android, I filed an interoperability request with Google under DMA article 6(7) to make WebAPK minting available to all browsers. issuetracker.google.com/u/1/issues/5...

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6/8/26, 1:39 pm2 reposts19 likes

Bruce Lawson

@brucel.bsky.social

6 Aug

Hopefully this will be uncontroversial, given that our chums in Mountain View stated that "We are committed to making this available to all browsers on Android", other browsers want it too (see issues.chromium.org/u/1/issues/4...), and we all 💕 PWAs and the open web.

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Bruce Lawson

@brucel.bsky.social

7 Aug

It's nice to see folks from Opera and Brave adding their support to our request to be able to use WebAPK minting for better PWA installation on Android. Once again, Vivaldi is happy to be leading the way & fighting for a better web for all. issuetracker.google.com/issues/54304...

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