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iOS has let users add sites to their home screen, but very very few users know that it's possible, or how to do it.
by untog 8y ago
iOS has let users add sites to their home screen, but very very few users know that it's possible, or how to do it.
- masklinn 8y agoNot an issue: as the application author, if / when you see that the user seems invested (not at a random point 30 seconds in or some crap like that) you can add callout or button to suggest installing on their device, and provide the relevant steps then.
- untog 8y agoSo just like an add to homescreen banner, then, except with more steps required by the user, and a requirement by you to customise it for every different UI the user might see it in? https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/app-install-banners/ https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/app-install-b...
- masklinn 8y agoAll of which is a feature, not a bug: it makes the prompt more expensive to implement and way more intrusive to the user, meaning significantly less likely for drive-by prompter to implement. Further bonus: no unstable proprietary API to reverse-engineer and implement and it teaches the user that there's nothing specific to it, they can pin any site they commonly use to their home page whether that site provides specific PWA support or not, such that they can perform the action at any point they want. The browser is simpler, the method is less scammy and the user is empowered.