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A great heuristic would just be only granting notification prompt permission after you’ve installed the PWA to your Home Screen. That shows clear interest by th
by merrywhether 5y ago
A great heuristic would just be only granting notification prompt permission after you’ve installed the PWA to your Home Screen. That shows clear interest by the user in a longer-term relationship with the app, and they could grant other expanded prompt permissions based on that also.
- rabuse 5y agoThis will probably be the way it's handled honestly. I think it's the best option.
- tata71 5y agohow it is handled, on modern devices, for years.
- The_rationalist 5y agoMost users never add a shortcut to the home screen and yet use plenty of web apps.
- coder543 5y agoApple could certainly do more to help people understand that they can install web apps to their home screen. Right now, it is an option that few users are aware of, buried in the menus as it is, and even fewer think about it. When a related app is available in the App Store, Apple will show a big banner at the top of the web page encouraging you to install it... but they won't do anything for a PWA. I think requiring "installation" of a PWA is a great way to balance the concerns people have about getting spammed with requests to spam you with notifications you don't want... but I also wish Apple would support PWAs better in general, so I can see it both ways.