[waon]

> HTML5 (which is now called Progressive Web Apps / PWA)

This is clear gaslighting and is verifiably false. Progressive Web Apps is a Google thing, coined by a Google engineer[1] and promoted by Google[2]. The HTML living standard does not include a single mention of the term[3].

[1]: https://infrequently.org/2015/06/progressive-apps-escaping-t...

[2]: https://web.dev/progressive-web-apps/

[3]: https://github.com/whatwg/html/search?q=progressive+web+app&...

[kristiandupont]

>This is clear gaslighting

Please don't destroy the term gaslighting. It means something very important and not at all what you are using it for here.

[waon]

It's subtle misinformation that's designed to change how people unconsciously perceive PWAs. When people bring up PWAs, they commonly refer to a particular set of APIs which has a tendency of mainly being a Google-driven effort. GP is muddying the waters by instead framing it as the HTML spec itself and implying it's official.

If this isn't a clear case of gaslighting, I don't know what is.

[max_]

"Progressive Web Apps" comes from the notion of "Progressive Enhancement" [0] as opposed to "Glorious Degradation"

And its a very old concept in web design.

HTML5, PE & PWA is all the same thing. Just an evolution of standard practices & terminology.

[0]: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/progressive-enhance...