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We’re calling buying a ticket or ordering something a “transient app” experience now? Are we just done with the whole web site thing already? Because I kind of

We’re calling buying a ticket or ordering something a “transient app” experience now? Are we just done with the whole web site thing already? Because I kind of liked that bit where I just typed in an address and clicked a few buttons. Worked great, from what I recall. Let’s not make everything an app of any sort, maybe.

tshaddox 4y ago
Buying a flight or ordering food via a PWA would just be a web site. PWA doesn't necessarily imply that you "install" by adding it to your home page. It could just be a web site where you order something and permit push notifications.
- babypuncher 4y ago
  That is fine, as long as you offer an alternative to push notifications. I have them permanently disabled in my browser so that each website I visit does not keep asking if I want them to spam me.
- pleb_nz 4y ago
  Notifications from browser... No thanks
encryptluks2 4y ago
That's what PWAs are is a website that allows users to install a WebView icon on their desktop if they choose to. I think this is the advantage of PWAs, they are merely websites with a manifest and install option for users that may want an offline experience, native notifications, or some other feature that would not generally be available within a browser-exclusive context.
- cronix 4y ago
  "install" is kind of a misnomer, it's more like "put a shortcut on the desktop" which has been around forever, even for links to websites with their own icon
matchagaucho 4y ago
Once you've granted a website enough permissions to run in the background and notify you when a food delivery has arrived, it's safely crossed into the "app" sandbox. The OPs point is we're now blinded to all these website popups asking for permission, that the web app potential can't truly breakthrough.
- tlavoie 4y ago
  As a corollary to the site permissions making it effectively an app, I like web sites in a regular browser because it enforces more limitations than what an app may try to get away with.

tshaddox 4y ago

Buying a flight or ordering food via a PWA would just be a web site. PWA doesn't necessarily imply that you "install" by adding it to your home page. It could just be a web site where you order something and permit push notifications.

babypuncher 4y ago
That is fine, as long as you offer an alternative to push notifications. I have them permanently disabled in my browser so that each website I visit does not keep asking if I want them to spam me.
pleb_nz 4y ago
Notifications from browser... No thanks

encryptluks2 4y ago

That's what PWAs are is a website that allows users to install a WebView icon on their desktop if they choose to. I think this is the advantage of PWAs, they are merely websites with a manifest and install option for users that may want an offline experience, native notifications, or some other feature that would not generally be available within a browser-exclusive context.

cronix 4y ago
"install" is kind of a misnomer, it's more like "put a shortcut on the desktop" which has been around forever, even for links to websites with their own icon

matchagaucho 4y ago

Once you've granted a website enough permissions to run in the background and notify you when a food delivery has arrived, it's safely crossed into the "app" sandbox. The OPs point is we're now blinded to all these website popups asking for permission, that the web app potential can't truly breakthrough.

tlavoie 4y ago
As a corollary to the site permissions making it effectively an app, I like web sites in a regular browser because it enforces more limitations than what an app may try to get away with.