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Progressive Web App support available on CCF for mobile and desktop​

Google, and many other publishing platforms have been working to get rid of mobile apps for websites. Instead, they have introduced something called "progressive web apps". If your device supports it, you may get a prompt or see an option in canvas menus to install this website as an app on your phone. The app icon for a PWA will not only make native browsing of this website easier, it also supports notification bubbles directly on the app icon! It will eventually replace dedicated apps for various websites though it's still not there yet.

If you're wondering what a canvas menu it's the sidemenu on your cell phone that looks like three stacked lines. Some people call it the "hamburger menu". See screenshot below.

If you are using a desktop browser you may see a little plus sign in the address bar of your browser, clicking this will allow you to install CCF as a 'sort of' dedicated app on Windows with its own icon as well as push notifications using the Windows standard notification bar (bottom right in most cases).


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