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Indeed, I agree with everything you said here. One of the things that excites me about Apple's approach here in particular is that it's very easy for people to
by ocdtrekkie 4y ago
Indeed, I agree with everything you said here.
One of the things that excites me about Apple's approach here in particular is that it's very easy for people to understand: Users intuitively know they can install apps to do things on their device, and uninstalling the app will make those things go away/not happen. While still using web app technology, it embraces a much more classically understood concept. I hope the other browser companies follow suit.
The site permissions model feels more empowering and narrow-scoped to power users, but it's absolutely baffling to everyone else. Install and uninstalling is simple.
- danShumway 4y agoI kind of dislike the app/website distinction that people make sometimes, but even I feel like this is a pretty decent line between the two: "a thing I 'install' means that I want it to have more capabilities than something that I want to be transient." I agree, it's good UX. And similarly, it's great to tie that to the app list -- it means if you want to get rid of those permissions, you now have a really easily viewable list of every site that's sending you notifications (I'm assuming that iOS revokes push notifications if an app is unpinned from the homescreen). There are ways in browser to get lists of every site that can send you notifications, but nobody outside of tech circles will ever find them. In contrast, this is reusing the same UI that you'd use for any other cleanup action. Everything that can send notifications is in the same place. That's something I can explain to a non-technical user.