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Incorrect application name relayed to OS
Problem Description
In some parts of the OS, the application name is still displayed as Firefox, and not the true name of the PWA. I have noticed this in Windows using custom software that displays the information for now playing music. I have installed YouTube Music as a PWA, and the below screenshots are examples of what I mean.
The incorrect application name is displayed here by default on many Linux distros with no extra software, but on Windows I was specifically using ModernFlyouts and MediaFlyout.
Proposed Solution
Change the name of the application to match the name of the PWA that is installed. I don't have much experience with forking and building Firefox, so I'm not sure how this could be implemented or how easy/difficult it is, but it would be a really nice addition!
I'm not sure if this is possible to do, as it may require modifying the Firefox executable, but I will check in the future if there is any other way of implementing it. Similar issues for Linux are #493 and #445.
I'm not sure if this is possible to do, as it may require modifying the Firefox executable, but I will check in the future if there is any other way of implementing it. Similar issues for Linux are #493 and #445.
Keep in mind I have little development experience so this might be entirely impractical. What if we
- Blocked firefox from displaying the media widget
- Instead used the native ffpwa program to create an identical media widget, but under a new named process?
That sounds interesting, would just have to make sure that all of the data is carried over to the new widget. Including being able to drag the seek bar to control the position media that's playing. Windows 10 doesn't support the seek bar in the widget by default but most Linux distros do, and Windows supports it with third-party software like ModernFlyouts.
That sounds interesting, would just have to make sure that all of the data is carried over to the new widget. Including being able to drag the seek bar to control the position media that's playing. Windows 10 doesn't support the seek bar in the widget by default but most Linux distros do, and Windows supports it with third-party software like ModernFlyouts.
Yup. I am a Fedora GNOME user, so seekbar would be great too.
@LSeelig That's probably not possible, as I think the name is bound to the actual audio stream. So even if we somehow done this, then the seekbar and audio controls wouldn't work.