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Questions tagged [web-app]

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How to make Web Apps appear as First-Class Mac Desktop Citizens

I keep ending up with a myriad of open tabs in Chrome. It is a pain to switch between them compared to switching between regular mac apps. So I would like be able to pin them to the task bar identify them using their favicon (task bar / ⌘ +…
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Fluid: when I try to login, my Fluid App launches the default browser instead

I've created a Fluid App for my favorite website. But there's a problem when I try to login to the website in the Fluid App I created: my default web browser (in my case, Safari) launches instead. Why can't I login? Why does my Fluid App defer…
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how to use ipad to access webserver on macbook air

my webserver software is nginx which runs very well on macbook air using mac os x 10.7.5 when i go to http://myapp.localhost on my macbook air, i can access my website perfectly which is running on localhost. how can i access the website from my…
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WhatsApp Web in Fluid throws JavaScript exception

When I'm starting the WhatsApp web client in a Fluid app, this JavaScript exception is thrown: [Error] TypeError: undefined is not an object (evaluating 'e.getDatabaseNames') U (app_59f797fae4fc761b3ee8.js, line 63) c…
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Auto-fill username and password in Fluid.app webapp

I'd like to have my Fluid.app webapps auto-login to various sites (Gmail, DropBox, etc.) using passwords stored in AgileBits 1Password.app. I'd appreciate directions or suggestions on how to go about this, if it is possible.
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How do I create a SSB for Outlook web mail using Fluid?

Has anyone successfully created a fluid app for outlook web mail (aka live mail)? I've tried but either the site opens in my web browser or (after white listing variations of the site url) I get an error message stating that I need to use internet…
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Run html+css+js application as a Mac OS X app

I'm completely new to development for Mac OS X but I want to have a Mac desktop app for my own small project. What I have in my mind is to have web application (will use the same app running on the web) running in some kind of wrapper window and…
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macOS, launchctl and dnsmasq for localhost domain spoofing

I am usually a Linux user, but I would like to test my mojolicious webapp on a macOS system. thus, I would like *.test *.*.test and *.*.*.test all to resolve to 127.0.0.1, where my webapp is eagerly listening on port 80 . I understand that this is…
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How do I enable cache in iPad

I want to be able to use an HTML5 WebApp, but my iPad won't cache the manifest. The WebApp works on Android and BlackBerry devices, so I know it's not the code. And is it different for the various iPad versions? I have the first gen. iPad, but I…
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Can a website access Apple Health data?

Apps on the phone can. Is it possible to use that health data on a website? Reading the docs (and I don't understand them well yet), it seems like there could be an option if it was a clinic record?…
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Does HTML5 offline webapp still work in Safari / iPad / iPhone?

When I search Google about HTML5 offline features I can only find some answers dated 2010 / 2011. Nothing recent appears. Besides the web app behaves erratic on iOS: sometimes it will work, even when navigating several times to cached pages, and…
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Can a webpage appear in iOS Safari without any Safari UI even if someone visits the URL in the browser?

I have a web app added to the home screen of the iphone. is it possible to open this web apps added to the home screen if someone visits a URL in safari. i'm aware that the web app added to the home screen is actually running in safari, but i want…
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Web development on PowerPC

I'm interested in LAMP stack and Nodejs stack for PowerPC (iMac g5). Do they exist for Mac OS X 10.5.6 PPC?
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Do people actually add webpages to their home screen?

Many web apps and even websites like to prompt users to add their page to their iPad's home screen. This is particularly useful for web apps since if the website is launched from the home screen, it will appear in full screen mode (without safari…
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iCloud Mail now defaults to conversation view?

The web based app for iCloud Mail for Windows in Edge, Beta Nov 2022– is now grouping emails by conversation. I can’t see how to turn that off. I work with straight chrono Inbox. I would like to switch back to chronological order for the Inbox. Can…
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