Making web applications more like desktop applications in Firefox

Making web applications more like desktop applications in Firefox

As time goes, I find myself using more and more web applications, and it's great, except for one thing: it would be more convenient to move each app into a separate window with minimal chrome (no toolbars, menubars etc.) and the app's own favicon instead of the Firefox one. Are there currently any add-ons that would allow for this or similar behavior?

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"I fear this is a duplicate, but I haven't found it yet.

Anyway to answer your question: use Prism

Prism is a simple XULRunner based
browser that hosts web
applications without the normal web
browser user interface. Prism is based
on a concept called Site Specific
Browsers (SSB). An SSB is an
application with an embedded browser
designed to work exclusively with a
single web application. It doesn’t
have the menus, toolbars and
accoutrements of a normal web browser.
Some people have called it a
""distraction free browser"" because
none of the typical browser chrome is
used. An SSB also has a tighter
integration with the OS and desktop
than a typical web application running
through a web browser.

Features

- Access web apps from system
taskbar or dock

Prism apps run directly on your
desktop and can be accessed just like
any other application

- Rock solid web app stability

Prism apps run separately from the
browser, so they stay up even if your
browser doesn't

- System tray icon and dock badges

On Windows, the system tray icon can
be changed to give information about
application"