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WontFix: Chromium forcing its own title bar and borders on Linux

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I wish I could say the same, but since Firefox does not support SSB/PWAs I find myself dependent on it.

What do you mean by "Firefox does not support SSB/PWAs"?

SSB = Single Site Browser

PWA = Progressive Web App

SSB refers to the ability to run a website inside its own window, like a native application. Also, it is expected to integrate into the desktop environment, with its own icon/shortcut.

PWA is more an umbrella term for websites using various technologies to close the gap between web and native applications (e.g. the ability to run offline). I would say it includes SSB (at least on desktop), among other things.

Microsoft Edge?

It looks promising, however I tend do avoid proprietary software when possible.

No, this is incorrect. I have installed a webapp through chromium on linux and its using my system's title bar and borders.

Latest Chromium from the Fedora repositories.

https://imgur.com/a/8ihwoMC

Actually, I see a custom window decoration in that image.

Wow - old ticket. Don’t they do this so security - anti spoof hints show up - some web apps hide location bar etc. or is the request to force location bar display and not force site info into title? That seems likely to be more annoying.

They force their own title bar so they can add an extra button and some icons to it. The extra button is part of the security UI so can't appear on the web page area.

Adding an extra always-visible toolbar/address bar is the alternative, although wastes screen real estate for all users all the time.

Overall, I would say on balance breaking native toolbars is less damaging to the average user than wasting 60px always...

All the spoofing attempts I've seen always looked very out of place, because none of them ever matched my window decoration, and/or theming/widget set. Though that was years ago.

edit: Under Linux/BSD that is...

Why are you posting a ticket from 2018?

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I personally found this interesting, because I find it pretty cool that --apps are separated from the browser (I'd say not enough, since Alt-F -> X on the browser should not close them), but some users expect them to share behavior.

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