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Sure. But Jobs was talking about running 'web apps' on iPhone OS as a software distribution channel, pre App Store, 2007-2008.
by jorisw 3mo ago
Sure. But Jobs was talking about running 'web apps' on iPhone OS as a software distribution channel, pre App Store, 2007-2008.
- jazzypants 3mo agoI completely understand the confusion, but "Progressive Web App" or PWA[1], coined by Alex Russell and Frances Berriman[2], has become a specific term for websites that work normally on a pc but can also take advantage of things like push notifications and be installed on the home screen of a phone. You can see a measurable uptick on Google Trends after this blogpost [3]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_web_app https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_web_app [2] https://infrequently.org/2015/06/progressive-apps-escaping-tabs-without-losing-our-soul/ https://infrequently.org/2015/06/progressive-apps-escaping-t... [3] https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=%2Fg%2F11bzxympx6,pwa&date=all&geo=US&legacy&hl=en https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=%2Fg%2F11bzxympx6...
- SquareWheel 3mo agoIf anyone wishes to remember what that looked like. https://web.archive.org/web/20071012231544/http://www.apple.com/webapps/whatarewebapps.html https://web.archive.org/web/20071012231544/http://www.apple.... https://web.archive.org/web/20071012025941/http://www.apple.com/webapps/ https://web.archive.org/web/20071012025941/http://www.apple....