What’s a web app?
A web app is a web page that loads inside its own browser window. Unlike other bowser windows, the web app doesn’t allow tabbed browsing or show any of the other browser controls such as a back button or the address bar.
For all intents and purposes, a web app looks and behaves like a regular application installed on your Mac.
How to create a web app
Here’s a step-by-step process for making a web site into a web app.
- Browse to the site
- From the Safari File menu, choose “Add to Dock”
- Give your new web app a name
Why bother with a web app?
There are a couple of good reasons I can think of.