I was using X's PWA for years, but I recently gave up on it because it's just very janky and the opposite of smooth, it also drained the battery much faster than the native app.
This may be an issue with android, but even with 12GB of ram the PWA still crashes often, something I never get when using the app.
Luckily I didn't have to compromise on my AdBlock thanks to vanced patches, which patch the x app to remove ads.
Definitely, but only the simple web apps (like an icon that links to an url in the browser) that aren't affected by Apple's changes, so no notifications and stuff because it wasn't a PWA. It was a nice experience. I had a fast hosting provider and it worked seamless.
Right now I use Android on a cheap Samsung and loading webpages takes ages with Firefox. I don't think Google goes freely in killing the web, but we already knew that.
and I guess we all use a lot of responsive websites that are minimally web apps in funtionality, even if they did not offer manifest files for standalone mode
I just found out that hover which is a responsive website without mobile apps can be added to home screen ("install") on mobile...
well I tried it and it is on my home screen as a web app! vow!
I mean a web app is not a website you download or install, no need to ask how many are on the home screen...
the real question is web capabilities, we need good web programmers, companies with web strategies to get a lot of powerful websites
it is actually not the most important thing whether you add it to the homescreen or what...
the most important thing is to support the web capabilities with security in mind
it is not a fight against native, it is a choice and competition, freedom, free choices are normally good
If the site has some special meta information, it can display like any other app (full screen, its own entry in your multitasking UI). Otherwise it just opens in your regular browser.
szasamasa|2 years ago
Apple was holding them back and just pulled the plug. Only if web programmers can count on future proof support will they produce web apps.
In addition, most companies have already created native apps so again, web apps are the future, it is not an argument that there are few on iOS
and yes, outlook or X are good examples
jacooper|2 years ago
Luckily I didn't have to compromise on my AdBlock thanks to vanced patches, which patch the x app to remove ads.
meepmorp|2 years ago
jcmontx|2 years ago
rambambram|2 years ago
Right now I use Android on a cheap Samsung and loading webpages takes ages with Firefox. I don't think Google goes freely in killing the web, but we already knew that.
sccxy|2 years ago
szasamasa|2 years ago
I just found out that hover which is a responsive website without mobile apps can be added to home screen ("install") on mobile...
well I tried it and it is on my home screen as a web app! vow!
I mean a web app is not a website you download or install, no need to ask how many are on the home screen...
the real question is web capabilities, we need good web programmers, companies with web strategies to get a lot of powerful websites
it is actually not the most important thing whether you add it to the homescreen or what...
the most important thing is to support the web capabilities with security in mind
it is not a fight against native, it is a choice and competition, freedom, free choices are normally good
geraldhh|2 years ago
c-hendricks|2 years ago
If the site has some special meta information, it can display like any other app (full screen, its own entry in your multitasking UI). Otherwise it just opens in your regular browser.
c-hendricks|2 years ago
Eupolemos|2 years ago