I've been thinking of switching over to Voyager, but I heard that Voyager was built on elements from Chrome. As a layman what does this mean? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by Tangent5280@lemmy.world to c/voyagerapp@lemmy.world

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Is using Voyager giving Chrome an opportunity to harvest user data? I'll take whatever you know about the Voyager dependence on chrome.

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[-] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 11 months ago

Voyager is built using capacitor and ionic framework, which is a web framework to build mobile apps, basically. It doesn’t “use elements from chrome”, it uses progressive web apps (PWAs), which you can set up with whatever browser you choose. They’re basically web apps that you install to your phone’s desktop.

Additionally, there’s currently an app in TestFlight to install it on iOS natively and will probably soon be a version for Android. It’s still a web app wrapped in a native wrapper, but it unlocks native functionality and feels much nicer.

Anyway, all of this to say, nothing about the way the app was built inherently includes anything from chrome. Only if you use chrome to make it a PWA.

[-] LeanFemurs@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

I’m pretty happy with the PWA. What sort of specific improvements does “native functionality” bring?

[-] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 11 months ago

Haptic feedback and the status bar being able to match color right now. Not sure if there’s anything else right now, but man the app feels so much nicer with haptic feedback.