Discourse as Android Application

Did anyone try “Chrome custom tabs” yet? Hopefully they’ll get some more attention with the introduction of Android 6.0 “Marshmallow” (they are backwards compatible with 4.x and up though).

https://github.com/GoogleChrome/custom-tabs-client

This could be a very appealing workaround to Discourse’s “JavaScript on Android” performance woes. No, it doesn’t attack the heart of the matter, but it could do wonders for that 90% of your browsing time spent consuming your five favorite sites that you can actually be bothered to install a dedicated app for.

Combined with ServiceWorkers, the distinction between a custom chrome tab app and a native app would be fadingly slim.

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