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> And this is why we need to cherish the web. We implement our apps with an offline mode which offers everything, but because you have to manually bookmark the
by tluyben2 4y ago
> And this is why we need to cherish the web.
We implement our apps with an offline mode which offers everything, but because you have to manually bookmark them on your phone home page, it is too much to ask for users and they forget. So they download the app from a store. If we had something that an online app can indicate it has a fully offline mode for the browser to pick up, it could ask ‘download for offline and add icon to your apps?’ . The extra step is preventing users from doing/knowing about this; AppStore/playstore is just lower friction.
- iFreilicht 4y agoProgressive Web Apps are exactly what you're asking for, no?
- amadeuspagel 4y agoOn android/chrome, offline mode works regardless of whether the user bookmarks a page. (It's possible that if the phone needs to free up space, then whether the page is bookmarked or not plays a role in whether that page's offline data gets deleted.)
- tluyben2 4y agoYes, but then users have to remember in their bookmarks or something and when opening a browser without WiFi working, it often gives you a miserable message. We did testing ourselves and we had very bad experiences with the app actually still being there on the phone after switching off WiFi.