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It’s a matter of mental gymnastics and “containers”: accessing anything through the browser requires first switching to the browser, and then getting to a page
by qubex 9y ago
It’s a matter of mental gymnastics and “containers”: accessing anything through the browser requires first switching to the browser, and then getting to a page (or tab, or whatever) inside the browser, which is two hops — it’s a nested operation. Switching to a dedicated app is one hop, and is cognitively more proximate as it is a flat hierarchy with no nesting.
- noahdesu 9y agoI hear ya. I think it might be nice to be able to create psuedo-apps that function as Safari/Chrome bookmarks.
- qubex 9y agoAt one point I did just that: I put a “web-app” bookmark on my iOS home-screen. It worked, up to a point, but is very dissatisfying for a whole host of reasons (mainly, it messes with the browser’s state).
- noahdesu 9y agoHmm.. it's too bad that doesn't work better, because at least for HN, I find the webapp to be pretty decent.
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- ecesena 9y agoWith Share > Add to Home Screen, you can have an icon that opens a new safari tab on hn. I’m not saying this is better than an app, but just wanted to share that it’s doable.