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This feature was created in the vacuum left by the slow and stale nature of web standards organisations. There should be a safe, simple way to develop a website
by jbob2000 6y ago
This feature was created in the vacuum left by the slow and stale nature of web standards organisations. There should be a safe, simple way to develop a website that has all of these features. This would allow functionality like this to exist on platforms outside of Apple's control.
- OkGoDoIt 6y agoWebsites support Apple Pay, sign in with apple, being loaded from a URL/NFC/QR code, location API access, etc. The main thing websites don’t support is push notifications on iOS, and it seems like that would be a lot easier for Apple to implement then an entirely new app format. I don’t think you can really blame web standards organizations, this is entirely Apple’s decision. They want their proprietary App Store front and center.
- _bxg1 6y ago> slow and stale nature of web standards organisations If there's one thing I've never heard the web platform accused of being, it's "slow and stale". The web platform has plenty of features for doing this kind of thing. It already partly serves this use-case, in practice. There are two reasons Clips will have an advantage: - Apple has done a lot to hamper Progressive Web Apps on its devices because they have a stake in platform lock-in. - The web, at least on mobile, is still never quite as good an experience as a native app. There are lots of fingers that can be pointed at different parties for why this is, but speaking as a web developer, I will readily admit that it's just not quite the same on some subconscious level.