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Your example, though, directly contradicts the point you're trying to make. Apple does have a native feature for showing when there's a native app available, an
by moreira 8y ago
Your example, though, directly contradicts the point you're trying to make. Apple does have a native feature for showing when there's a native app available, and -yet- we see those third-party banners.
Having the native API to do something doesn't make the third-party crap banners go away.
- wlesieutre 8y agoYes, not every site wants it to be unobtrusive, they view the nagging as a feature. But for sites that aren't assholes I think they should have a standardized option like the app store's smart banners. I guess the real question is "If we didn't have smart banners, would even more websites use obnoxious full screen popovers and fixed position headers that pop back up every time you visit the page?" I think the answer is yes, fixed position headers are a really easy/lazy thing to tack onto a webpage, and not bothering to persist the fact that you already closed it 10 times is easier than saving that preference and checking it. If you want people to consider doing it the nicer way you have to make it just as easy.
- masklinn 8y ago> I think the answer is yes I think the answer is no: smart banners only increased the pop-over spam, and adding a smart banner is pretty much free, it's a single line to add to a header and is guaranteed to only trigger on the relevant / target population. A hand-rolled version not only is significantly more expensive to implement but it will misfire and lose visitors.