Turn TW (any webpage) into "standalone app"

[Mat]

Only for Windows with Chrome users

https://www.lifewire.com/create-shortcuts-in-google-chrome-for-windows-4103617  

Summary (if link dies):

In Chrome: Settings > More tools > Add to desktop... If possible, check the "Open as window" option to have the to-be app open as a window, seemingly not the browser.

This creates icon link on desktop.

Bonus: Follow up with right click on icon and pin to taskbar.

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[TonyM]

Mat,

I use this quite a bit for any website I need to access regularly, but since (until now) I love FireFox I have not being using it for my TWC.

I also make use of the Users in Chrome to create separate accounts on my desktop, each with a shortcust, each user can have different tabs/favorites and Google logins although installing lastpass in each chrome user, allows me to use any credentials in any browser. Interestingly if you create the "to be app" as a particular user, when you open the app, it may open a separate browser window with that user.

This separate user accounts method is also available in firefox (profiles), but its a little less user friendly.

I use chrome more now with tiddlywikis available at IP Addressed, NodeJS TiddlyServer eytc..

Regards
Tony

[Mark S.]

It doesn't seem to want to do this for local files.

Mark

[TonyM]

I See,

That may of being why I started using Different Users, because you can have a user login shortcut, and in that, one (or the only tab) can be a local file. But Of Course if you TiddlyWiki is at localhost or through tiddlyserver or nodeJS such as http://192.168.1.109:8088/Local-Instances/index.html this you can create a browser "App".

Regards
Tony

[Riz]

Just mentioning that it is also possible in android. You can add to homescreen, change icon and it will behave like an app in everything that matters, including having a separate window, appearing in switch-between-apps.

With the latest update, even the links originating from such a window will open in the same window. This is particularly useful in Tiddlyserver. I have created a homepage for all my TW, open to that page once tiddlyserver starts, and move from there.