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by soapdog 7y ago
I'm coming from a decentralization tech background as well and was working on similar stuff. That's why I'm so angry at this arbitrary decisions by Apple. This is just them breaking something that has been working well.
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by soapdog 7y ago
Their regular web app is a pwa... thats the beauty of it. PWAs are not different offer, they are just enhancement on top of web apps. Good PWAs are invisible.
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by soapdog 7y ago
the service worker is installed regardless if you add it to the home screen.
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by soapdog 7y ago
I'm the OP, I use a lot of PWAs. My main machine is a Surface Pro X and I don't have native apps (as in native aarch64 binaries) for many of the things I'd like to use. So, I'm using PWAs for Instagram, Twitter, Kindle,
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by soapdog 7y ago
Also, I just updated the post with a definition and a link to learn more about PWAs.
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by soapdog 7y ago
This depends on many factors but a PWA can be inspected by third-party using the browser developer tools which makes easier to find out about its communication. You can do that with proxies and other heavier tools for native apps, but it it
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by soapdog 7y ago
Honest answer, it depends on the app. For some cases sure, just throw it in cordova and be happy. It is my own personal take that PWAs are more powerful than we give them credit and that they could be used for private apps without backends
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by soapdog 7y ago
> Does this only apply to pages read through Apple's browser, or does it impact Firefox, too? This applies to WebKit, but if that decision sticks Mozilla might follow. Who knows... I hope not. Also be aware that Firefox on iOS is We
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by soapdog 7y ago
I going to make sure in the future that I don't fall into this behavior again. :-)
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by soapdog 7y ago
I'm the OP and I'm crying because I'm working on apps that don't have backend so that your data is yours and never leave your computer. This is now impossible for WebKit users.
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by soapdog 7y ago
Even web apps that you add to your home screen are subjected to this.
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by soapdog 7y ago
It is not fine if you're creating apps that don't have a backend.
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by soapdog 7y ago
Sorry, I wrote this blog post too fast because I was/am a bit angry and didn't notice my usage of jargon without explanation. It is a “Progressive Web App”. Sorry for the jargon usage without explanation. Basically it is a marketi
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Private client-side-only PWAs are hard, but now Apple made them impossible(andregarzia.com)
963 points by soapdog 7y ago|896 comments
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by soapdog 7y ago
I've spent the best part of 2000 programming with REBOL until I made the switch to the early builds of MacOS X and moved to program using LiveCode. REBOL remains one of my most fond memories of being a developer. So much power in such
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by soapdog 7y ago
I've been to some events here in London organized by redecentralize.org, they were fantastic. I'm quite active in that sphere, mostly SSB for me, so going there was like being a fish returning to the sea. I've learned so much
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Show HN: Remind me of that page” WebExtension(andregarzia.com)
1 points by soapdog 7y ago|0 comments
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by soapdog 7y ago
It is kinda of a complete rewrite as far as I know. This is using GeckoView, lots of things changed and moved places. And yes, I don't think this should be pushed to stable before extension support is in place but apparently the metric
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by soapdog 7y ago
@wrs thanks a ton for the work on the Newton, it still is my favorite computing platform. Unfortunately someone sat on my Newton 2000 an broke the screen argh, if not for that I'd be using it up to this day. For those that would like t
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by soapdog 7y ago
I like lobste.rs, Racket Stories and tilde.news.
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The hard part of blogging is not writing, it is sharing your post(andregarzia.com)
2 points by soapdog 7y ago|0 comments
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by soapdog 7y ago
don't forget https://livecode.org which is the GPL version. ;-)
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A Year with the Surface Go(andregarzia.com)
116 points by soapdog 7y ago|71 comments
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by soapdog 7y ago
This sucks! I have no idea how people let Apple get away with such hostile practices and policies towards small ISVs. Developers should be with pitchforks and boycotting the platform after all the crazy changes and requirements.
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Windows on ARM needs more support from developers(andregarzia.com)
3 points by soapdog 7y ago|0 comments
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by soapdog 7y ago
wow it has been ages since I last saw MDI based apps.
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by soapdog 7y ago
I used to feel such pressure as well because mostly of the current zeigeist that your blog is your platform to market yourself. This adds an enormous pressure for doing quality and interesting post as if you're attempting to publish a
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by soapdog 7y ago
Anyone still running it? I'd love to see the current screenshots. Unfortunately I couldn't find them on the page.
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by soapdog 7y ago
doesn't work because these trolls would just seed pirated copies of the book to their group. Even if you force people to use a credit card to register, they'd just buy prepaid cards for nothing, just to keep trolling. These people
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by soapdog 7y ago
I don't know if you're joking or being sarcastic, if this was the case sorry. If this is a genuine question, then you'll have a lot of fun learning more about Lisp Machines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

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