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How is a PWA different from adding a site to your homescreen?

• tommek4077 5y ago
  It is a glorified bookmark. But the JavaScript kids like how some of there scripts still run offline. As long as you don't use their website in any normal way, like clicking anywhere.
  • blowski 5y ago
    There's the rather big deal that it also allows me to access APIs that I can't access from a normal website - like vibrate, notifications, storage, authentication, bluetooth, orientation, network info, motion, speech recognition, NFC, contacts.
• thepra 5y ago
  Adding as a bookmark doesn't get rid of the search bar and doesn't fill the top notification bar with the same colour as the app sets in the <head>. And there isn't a real flow that does explicitly say "Install" which is crucial for the final user to understand. And overall after PWA installation the screen is filled with app alone in a clear and native looking way.