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I really wish PWAs were more well-known among average users. If people knew and expected they could install certain websites as apps, that would simplify things

I really wish PWAs were more well-known among average users. If people knew and expected they could install certain websites as apps, that would simplify things so much and really balance the power of the app stores.

giraffe_lady 3mo ago
Unfortunately apple accomplished their goal of killing that entire idea. The time for it to take off was 10 years ago. They begrudgingly support it now but it's too late. gg
jbverschoor 3mo ago
My problem with PWA, is that it usually completely ruins the multiple tabs/windows of the same app/data
- notnullorvoid 3mo ago
  On desktop or on mobile? On mobile it's rare for apps other than web browsers to allow multiple tabs/windows and the ones that do (Ex: Gmail allows a draft to be a second window) have many multi window related bugs.
  - JoshTriplett 3mo ago
    > On mobile it's rare for apps other than web browsers One more reason I'd rather have a site than an app: because I can open multiple copies, open a link in a new tab, open different installations of the same site, and all the other things that browsers automatically support.
realusername 3mo ago
It's not well known because it's annoying to install ... and it's annoying to install because the stores are huge cash printing machines so that's not going to change.
- Ajedi32 3mo ago
  It's not that hard to install. The website can just have a button you click to trigger an install prompt: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web_apps/Guides/Making_PWAs_installable#triggering_the_install_prompt https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web... But of course... > This is not supported on iOS.
  - LAC-Tech 3mo ago
    But on the same page > On iOS 16.4 and later, PWAs can be installed from the Share menu in Safari, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Orion. So you can't have an install prompt, but it's still pretty easy. If people can learn hamburger menus they can learn this.

giraffe_lady 3mo ago

Unfortunately apple accomplished their goal of killing that entire idea. The time for it to take off was 10 years ago. They begrudgingly support it now but it's too late. gg

jbverschoor 3mo ago

My problem with PWA, is that it usually completely ruins the multiple tabs/windows of the same app/data

notnullorvoid 3mo ago
On desktop or on mobile? On mobile it's rare for apps other than web browsers to allow multiple tabs/windows and the ones that do (Ex: Gmail allows a draft to be a second window) have many multi window related bugs.
- JoshTriplett 3mo ago
  > On mobile it's rare for apps other than web browsers One more reason I'd rather have a site than an app: because I can open multiple copies, open a link in a new tab, open different installations of the same site, and all the other things that browsers automatically support.

realusername 3mo ago

It's not well known because it's annoying to install ... and it's annoying to install because the stores are huge cash printing machines so that's not going to change.

Ajedi32 3mo ago
It's not that hard to install. The website can just have a button you click to trigger an install prompt: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web_apps/Guides/Making_PWAs_installable#triggering_the_install_prompt https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web... But of course... > This is not supported on iOS.
- LAC-Tech 3mo ago
  But on the same page > On iOS 16.4 and later, PWAs can be installed from the Share menu in Safari, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Orion. So you can't have an install prompt, but it's still pretty easy. If people can learn hamburger menus they can learn this.