Request: when launching Zotero from iOS home screen, remove Safari chrome (1-line change)

mjbaldwin
I used Zotero on my iPad for the first time yesterday and it was so great, I went ahead and added a shortcut to it from my home screen so it looks like an app.

However, when I launch it, it still launches as a new tab in my Safari, instead of "like an app". It turns out you can enable app-like behavior on iOS in a standalone mode that hides the address bar etc. by adding this to the app's webpage:



Per:

https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariWebContent/ConfiguringWebApplications/ConfiguringWebApplications.html

https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariHTMLRef/Articles/MetaTags.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40008193-SW3

IMHO this would be a small but welcome improvement. I also don't see any downsides -- if anyone wants Zotero to run as a tab in Safari rather than a standalone app, they can simply launch it from their Safari bookmarks. This meta tag applies only when the site is launched from the iOS home screen, I believe.

Thanks!
  • mjbaldwin
    Whoops, the line got scrubbed because it was interpreted as an HTML tag rather than text. Escaping so it displays correctly now:

    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
  • tnajdek
    Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately this is slightly more complicated than just a single-line change but we will consider this.
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