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Additional Pros: - PWAs have much lower download requirements, whatever your SPA page weight is pretty much the download size. 1-3MB is pretty common. - PWAs
by BackBlast 4y ago
Additional Pros:
- PWAs have much lower download requirements, whatever your SPA page weight is pretty much the download size. 1-3MB is pretty common.
- PWAs will use lower memory overhead as you don't need a new copy of the browser - it shares with the likely default system browser.
- Launch time can be very snappy even on lower end systems if the base browser is already loaded and you manage offline assets well.
- Don't need to build for Windows, Linux, MacOS. One build serves Web, Windows, MacOs, and Linux users.
Additional cons:
- No guarantee of local storage remaining unmolested by the browser. In practice, it's fine unless a user's disk is filling up then you can get purged.
- Most obvious OS integration limitation is the inability to control the menus on MacOS. You get a generic set that comes with the PWA.
- depressedpanda 4y ago> - Don't need to build for Windows, Linux, MacOS. One build serves Web, Windows, MacOs, and Linux users. Don't forget that they also get Android and iOS, unlike an Electron app.