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Why do these bigcos use native apps for internal tools? I would think a progressive web app would be easier to maintain for multiple platforms and a good-enough

Why do these bigcos use native apps for internal tools? I would think a progressive web app would be easier to maintain for multiple platforms and a good-enough user experience for an internal tool.

TACIXAT 8y ago
PWAs aren't fully supported across devices yet. For example, push notifications don't work in iOS Safari.
- beezischillin 8y ago
  They could just use SMS notifications instead of push notifications. Both Google and Facebook have the infrastructure for that.
  - DeonPenny 8y ago
    But you also would have many more native devs on hand who specialize on that device
    - oblio 8y ago
      This argument is hilarious :) I'm pretty sure both Google and Facebook have way more webdevs available ;)
      - DeonPenny 8y ago
        But not many web devs that specialize in that device or mobile devices in general. As someone who does both usually the native dev have a much better advantage if given 2 native devs vs 2 web devs. But thats just my experience.
mrmondo 8y ago
Give me a real app over a web app any day, the performance, the power and flexibility of native integration and if nothing else - JavaScript is a mess.
hrktb 8y ago
Native apps have a lot of advantages: it’s defacto behind a login screen that can be highly secured (i.e. biometric identification) Attack surface is comparitively low from outside. You get full control to what is accessed how. Phishing is basically impossible, you don’t have to trust the browser going the right place doig the right things. It can be wiped device per device. It has primary and bi-directional access to storage and camera. You can give different people different versions of the app without having to maintain whole different sites. And that’s just what comes to mind in 2 min.
criddell 8y ago
If you have the resources to write a native app, why would you settle for a web app? Good tools help keep employees happy.

Why do these bigcos use native apps for internal tools? I would think a progressive web app would be easier to maintain for multiple platforms and a good-enough user experience for an internal tool.

TACIXAT 8y ago

PWAs aren't fully supported across devices yet. For example, push notifications don't work in iOS Safari.

beezischillin 8y ago
They could just use SMS notifications instead of push notifications. Both Google and Facebook have the infrastructure for that.
- DeonPenny 8y ago
  But you also would have many more native devs on hand who specialize on that device
  - oblio 8y ago
    This argument is hilarious :) I'm pretty sure both Google and Facebook have way more webdevs available ;)
    - DeonPenny 8y ago
      But not many web devs that specialize in that device or mobile devices in general. As someone who does both usually the native dev have a much better advantage if given 2 native devs vs 2 web devs. But thats just my experience.

mrmondo 8y ago

Give me a real app over a web app any day, the performance, the power and flexibility of native integration and if nothing else - JavaScript is a mess.

hrktb 8y ago

Native apps have a lot of advantages: it’s defacto behind a login screen that can be highly secured (i.e. biometric identification) Attack surface is comparitively low from outside. You get full control to what is accessed how. Phishing is basically impossible, you don’t have to trust the browser going the right place doig the right things. It can be wiped device per device. It has primary and bi-directional access to storage and camera. You can give different people different versions of the app without having to maintain whole different sites. And that’s just what comes to mind in 2 min.

criddell 8y ago

If you have the resources to write a native app, why would you settle for a web app? Good tools help keep employees happy.