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> aside from PWAs competing with their App Store Yeah. Aside. Let's just ignore that Apple intentionally prevents users from using the browsers most needed fea
by owebmaster 3mo ago
> aside from PWAs competing with their App Store
Yeah. Aside. Let's just ignore that Apple intentionally prevents users from using the browsers most needed feature for the common user today killing it just like they killed Flash.
- nozzlegear 3mo agoIntentionally how? Mobile Safari has pretty broad support for PWAs: https://pwascore.com https://pwascore.com
- owebmaster 3mo agoIt does not. It doesn't support the installprompt event and hides the "add to home screen" behind 4 actions/clicks to make sure the users don't easily install PWAs.
- nozzlegear 3mo agoSo one missing thing is enough to decide that PWA support isn't broad and Apple doesn't care about them, despite all those supported PWA APIs? > behind 4 actions/clicks to make sure the users don't easily install PWAs. I maintain a PWA for retainer client. Our website has a paragraph telling users how to install the PWA via the share button. We'd have a paragraph telling them how to install it from the App Store too if it weren't a PWA.
- dylan604 3mo agoI think the fact that the paragraph is necessary is the damning part
- nozzlegear 3mo agoLike I said, we'd have that paragraph even if the app was on the App Store. If it's damning, then it only damns the users because they're goldfish.
- owebmaster 3mo agoOne missing thing? You think Apple forgot to implement the install event? Or that there is some technical reason?
- nozzlegear 3mo agoNo, I'm asking if that's the one thing you're hung up on? I feel like that was obvious.
- leejoramo 3mo agoOn macOS i use Safari for PWAs. It is just fine. But I use Firefox as my primary browser. PWA support non-existent. They killed their basic PWA support many years ago. There are suggestions they will support it in the future. On Linux/Windows, I use Brave for PWAs.
- pjmlp 3mo agoThankfully, otherwise the Web would already be ChromeOS Platform, because that is what 99% of the folks that don't use Safari would install.