Monochrome browser – bringing mobile web apps to desktop

by lovamova • 12 years ago

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notatoad• 12 years ago

does this actually do anything other than give you a fixed-size chrome browser? because it really isn't that hard to resize a browser window.

qwook• 12 years ago

http header probably shows the browser as mobile instead of a desktop browser.

this will force most sites to show in mobile version, which usually has less overhead.

est• 12 years ago

Using desktop chrome, dev console -> settings -> override -> change device to iPhone/Nexus, done.

ethana• 12 years ago

why?

nnnnni• 12 years ago

If you have to ask, you're not a web developer. It's incredibly useful if you are.

skeoh• 12 years ago

I'm sorry, I'm a web developer and I don't see the point in this either. Chrome and Firefox have mobile browser simulation features already and I can test my sites in more than one screen size using them.

jbeja2• 12 years ago

I am a web developer too, and i can't see any point of this. If i would realy wanna test webapps or responsive websites, i would just do it in a emulator or in my realy phone.

gfosco• 12 years ago

I like this a lot. I could see using it for a few certain sites that are accessories, like a music player, or a reference site, without having to drag a tab off and resize.

i3d2• 12 years ago

I am a web app user, not a developer and I can see some use cases. Chrome/Firefox/Foo as the main browsers are nowadays packed very heavily already, zillions of tabs, some heavily loaded, usually takes the majority of the system resources. Sometimes, I just want a little browser that can host a few discrete web apps where maybe I just don't want everything crash together at the same time...

Monochrome browser – bringing mobile web apps to desktop

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