Turn Websites into "Desktop Apps" with Chrome Shortcuts

May 29, 2021

A handy feature of Chrome lets you create Shortcuts for websites.

You can configure it under Chrome > More tools > Create shortcut.

This way the website feels like a Desktop-App since it is separated from the browser window. It integrates well in GNOME (3.38.3). Like normal applications it can be launched from the Activities-View and added to the Dock.

Finally, for me there’s no need for (unofficial) Electron wrappers anymore if I miss a Desktop version of an App.

Credit where credit’s due - I found it through the Web Weekly Newsletter.


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Written by Martin who is not a man of many words. And self-descriptions are totally his thing. He likes squirrels.