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But the "A" stands for "app"! Is there anything you could call it that would be less confusing (because "PWA" or "Progressive Web App" sure ain't it)?
by oneeyedpigeon 2y ago
But the "A" stands for "app"! Is there anything you could call it that would be less confusing (because "PWA" or "Progressive Web App" sure ain't it)?
- spiderfarmer 2y agoUntil some massive marketing campaign explains to all users of the internet what PWA's are (which is never going to happen), there's nothing wrong with calling your PWA a website if it prevents a lot of confusion.
- oneeyedpigeon 2y agoSure, but I also think there's nothing wrong with calling it an "app" if that's the buzzword that will tip some people from dismissing it towards trying it out.
- spiderfarmer 2y agoIf it's clear that people expect 'apps' to be in the app store, how can you think "there's nothing wrong" with calling PWA's 'apps'?
- oneeyedpigeon 2y agoOK, "there's nothing wrong with calling a PWA an 'app' in most contexts, unless the person listening to you is likely to try to search for the PWA in an app store".
- spiderfarmer 2y agoAsk any random person where they would go to install an app and you'll stop belittling this problem.
- jay_kyburz 2y agoI don't know why you wouldn't just call them "web apps". Why the P and why the acronym.
- spiderfarmer 2y agoIf you define a web app as ‘an app that is actually a website’, just call it a website.
- neilalexander 2y agoFurther to that, there are plenty of people who can't really articulate what a web browser actually is or how a website differs from an app. It's not clear to me whether these users would be more accepting of a PWA or if they would be even further confused by them, particularly if they have to be left to find the app on the web first in order to "install" it, even more so if they've never bothered to look at what all those buttons in their web browser actually do.