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A web link is easily shareable on the assumption that anyone you send it to has a web browser. A link to a native app requires you to assume that the recipient
by djur 11y ago
A web link is easily shareable on the assumption that anyone you send it to has a web browser. A link to a native app requires you to assume that the recipient has the app installed and is on a platform where app URL schemes are well-supported.
Direct linking inside apps has been enough of a pain in the mobile world that entire companies have been built around it -- and the solution that those companies tend to use is built on web links. Android and iOS have also been moving in that direction.
- lotyrin 11y agoWhat popular platforms don't deal with app URIs well?
- djur 11y agoNone of them are great. Android and very recent iOS are doing OK. Desktop OSes are still pretty bad. Clicking a non-HTTP protocol link in Chrome pops up a huge, user-unfriendly "External Protocol Request" dialog that warns of a possible attack on my system. That's pretty par for the course for desktop browsers.