Comment by Ajedi32

9 years ago

> But there still is no web app on macOS or iOS that feels good, consistent and integrated in the same way that a good native app feels.

Part of that though is because they _don't_ allow PWAs. Contrast that with Android, where it's now entirely possible to make a PWA so deeply integrated into the OS that the average user can't even tell it's not a native app: https://blog.chromium.org/2017/02/integrating-progressive-we...

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TeMPOraL  9 years ago

> Contrast that with Android, where it's now entirely possible to make a PWA so deeply integrated into the OS that the average user can't even tell it's not a native app

Oh, but quite many will be able to tell after 5 seconds of using it. The rest will realize the moment the Internet connection drops temporarily.

  • Ajedi32  9 years ago

    > The rest will realize the moment the Internet connection drops temporarily.

    Nope. A properly-written PWA will continue working just fine when the user goes offline, just like a native app would.

    • interpol_p  9 years ago

      Most native apps that rely on a web service backend are pretty unusable when the connection goes offline.